Following the slight decrease recorded in 2024, Portuguese emigration to Italy increased again in 2025 (+17.8%), reaching the highest value in the series under analysis. This occurred in a year in which total immigrant entries into Italy declined slightly (-2.6%), suggesting a specific dynamic in the Portuguese flow in relation to the overall trend of immigration to the country. Over the long-term series (2000-2025), the number of Portuguese entries into Italy reached its lowest value in 2002 (297 entries) and its highest value in 2025 (808 entries). Nevertheless, Portuguese emigration to Italy still represents a very small share of total immigration to the country (around 0.2%) and less than 1% of overall Portuguese emigration.

Link https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database and https://esploradati.istat.it/databrowser/

Cite as Vidigal, Inês (2026), “Portuguese emigration to Italy reaches record high in 2025”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/10750.html