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Emigration, 1964 to 2019 (IPS-based): record highs and lows

The extremes of emigration, 1964 to 2019 (ips-based) as published by ONS, across the 56 periods held here (1964 to 2019). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 368,000 in 2019, is the highest since 2009, when it was 368,000 — every period between was lower. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

427,0002008

Lowest published

164,0001984

The full series

Emigration, 1964 to 2019 (IPS-based): 1964 to 2019ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservative0200k400k19701980199020002010Before: Estimates from the International Passenger Survey alone. After: Long-Term International Migration estimates, which combine the survey with other sources.methodology changeBefore: Estimates based on the International Passenger Survey, which ONS says underestimated migration of some groups. After: Estimates produced from administrative data, which supersede everything previously published for 2012 to 2021.methodology change1964: 271,000 people · published 26 November 20201965: 284,000 people · published 26 November 20201966: 302,000 people · published 26 November 20201967: 309,000 people · published 26 November 20201968: 278,000 people · published 26 November 20201969: 293,000 people · published 26 November 20201970: 291,000 people · published 26 November 20201971: 240,000 people · published 26 November 20201972: 233,000 people · published 26 November 20201973: 246,000 people · published 26 November 20201974: 269,000 people · published 26 November 20201975: 238,000 people · published 26 November 20201976: 210,000 people · published 26 November 20201977: 208,000 people · published 26 November 20201978: 192,000 people · published 26 November 20201979: 189,000 people · published 26 November 20201980: 228,000 people · published 26 November 20201981: 232,000 people · published 26 November 20201982: 257,000 people · published 26 November 20201983: 184,000 people · published 26 November 20201984: 164,000 people · published 26 November 20201985: 174,000 people · published 26 November 20201986: 213,000 people · published 26 November 20201987: 209,000 people · published 26 November 20201988: 237,000 people · published 26 November 20201989: 205,000 people · published 26 November 20201990: 231,000 people · published 26 November 20201991: 285,000 people · published 26 November 20201992: 281,000 people · published 26 November 20201993: 266,000 people · published 26 November 20201994: 238,000 people · published 26 November 20201995: 236,000 people · published 26 November 20201996: 264,000 people · published 26 November 20201997: 279,000 people · published 26 November 20201998: 251,000 people · published 26 November 20201999: 291,000 people · published 26 November 20202000: 321,000 people · published 26 November 20202001: 309,000 people · published 26 November 20202002: 363,000 people · published 26 November 20202003: 363,000 people · published 26 November 20202004: 344,000 people · published 26 November 20202005: 361,000 people · published 26 November 20202006: 398,000 people · published 26 November 20202007: 341,000 people · published 26 November 20202008: 427,000 people · published 26 November 20202009: 368,000 people · published 26 November 20202010: 339,000 people · published 26 November 20202011: 351,000 people · published 26 November 20202012: 321,000 people · published 26 November 20202013: 317,000 people · published 26 November 20202014: 319,000 people · published 26 November 20202015: 299,000 people · published 26 November 20202016: 340,000 people · published 26 November 20202017: 360,000 people · published 26 November 20202018: 344,000 people · published 26 November 20202019: 368,000 people · published 26 November 2020
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.