Following the decline recorded in 2023, Portuguese emigration to France increased again in 2024 (+8.9%). These data confirm France as the third main destination country for Portuguese emigrants in 2024, after Switzerland and Spain. Portuguese emigration to France recorded a maximum of 19,658 entries into French territory in 2012 and a minimum of 5,998 entries in 2020. In ten years, the weight of Portuguese entries in France went from 5.6% in 2013 to 1.8% in 2024.

Link https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

Cite as Vidigal, Inês (2026), “Portuguese emigration to France rebounds in 2024”, Observatório da Emigração. http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4EN/10685.html