Migrants sent €32 bn to their former country of residence in 2008, according to an EU report, published today.
In a report on workers' remittances in the EU 27, Eurostat said the increase in workers' remittances over recent years was mainly due to a sharp rise in extra-EU27 flows (from 11.5 bn in 2004 to 22.5 bn in 2008), while intra-EU27 flows rose less rapidly (from 7.9 bn to 9.3 bn). Consequently, the share of extra-EU27 remittances in the total has risen from 59% in 2004 to 71% in 2008.
In 2008, two thirds of the total outflow of workers' remittances from the EU27 came from Spain (7.8 bn euro or 25% of total EU27 remittances), Italy (6.4 bn or 20%), France (3.4 bn or 11%) and Germany (3.1 bn or 10%).
No figures for Malta were given.
Workers' remittances, outflows from EU27 Member States, million euro
|
|
2007 |
2008 |
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|
Total |
Intra-EU27 |
Extra-EU27 |
Total |
Intra-EU27 |
Extra-EU27 |
|
|
EU27* |
31 340 |
11 340 |
20 010 |
31 780 |
9 300 |
22 480 |
|
Belgium |
350 |
40 |
310 |
400 |
40 |
360 |
|
Bulgaria |
20 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
10 |
|
Czech Republic |
460 |
210 |
240 |
380 |
50 |
320 |
|
Denmark |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
Germany |
3 010 |
1 000 |
2 010 |
3 120 |
1 000 |
2 120 |
|
Estonia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ireland |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
Greece |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
Spain |
8 440 |
1 420 |
7 030 |
7 840 |
1 500 |
6 350 |
|
France |
3 440 |
1 220 |
2 220 |
3 400 |
1 230 |
2 170 |
|
Italy |
6 050 |
1 170 |
4 880 |
6 380 |
1 220 |
5 170 |
|
Cyprus |
60 |
40 |
20 |
80 |
50 |
20 |
|
Latvia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lithuania |
350 |
150 |
200 |
370 |
140 |
230 |
|
Luxembourg |
70 |
50 |
20 |
70 |
50 |
20 |
|
Hungary |
90 |
40 |
40 |
90 |
40 |
50 |
|
Malta |
c |
c |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Netherlands |
670 |
100e |
580e |
730 |
100 |
630 |
|
Austria |
770 |
430 |
340 |
830 |
460 |
370 |
|
Poland |
10 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
10 |
10 |
|
Portugal |
570 |
80 |
490 |
580 |
80 |
500 |
|
Romania |
210 |
80 |
130 |
240 |
140 |
100 |
|
Slovenia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Slovakia |
c |
c |
20 |
c |
c |
10 |
|
Finland |
20 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
10 |
|
Sweden |
20 |
0 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
20 |
|
United Kingdom |
: |
: |
: |
: |
: |
: |
* The EU27 aggregate includes confidential data and estimates for missing Member States.