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According to new statistics published by Eurostat, more Maltese are choosing to live abroad, with a relative increase of emigration at 42%.
According to the data, 13.9 million EU citizens are living in another country.
‘Looking at the period 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2023, the number of EU citizens living in another EU country has increased for 24 EU citizenships and decreased for 3.’
‘The largest relative increase during this period can be observed for Maltese (+42%), Luxembourgish (+37%), and Irish (+32%) citizens.’
Decreases were recorded for Danish (−13%), Finnish (−12%), and Austrian (−2%) citizens.
As for January 1st 2023, Romanian citizens were the largest group of EU citizens residing in other EU countries.
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