Since 2022, Portuguese immigration to Australia had followed an upward trajectory, which was interrupted in 2025, when the flow declined by 18%. This trend broadly mirrored the decrease in the total number of foreign arrivals in Australia, although the latter was slightly less pronounced (-15.3%). The number of Portuguese arrivals is now approaching the levels recorded before the 2008 crisis. Between 2000 and 2025, Portuguese arrivals in Australia reached their lowest level in 2021 (120 arrivals) and their highest in 2013 (700 arrivals).

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Cite as Vidigal, Inês (2026), “Portuguese emigration to Australia reverses growth trend in 2025”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/10761.html