Is your region a brain gainer or drainer?
The battle for talent within the European Union is a story about both brain drain and gain. We have analyzed the migration patterns across the continent to create hundreds of reports going down to the regional level, paying special attention to highly skilled workers.
Is your region a brain gainer or drainer?
The battle for talent within the European Union is a story about both brain drain and gain. We have analyzed the migration patterns across the continent to create hundreds of reports going down to the regional level, paying special attention to highly skilled workers.
Here below you can find one unique report for every NUTS2 region in Europe, based on the latest available Eurostat data on population change at a regional level by educational attainment level and country of birth. The reports are primarily intended to be used as a starting point for further investigation into the evolution of workforce and internal migrations in Europe.
Data is currently unavailable for the following regions: Alentejo, Algarve, Basilicata, Bratislavský kraj,
- Abruzzo: Abruzzo attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Agder og Rogaland: Agder og Rogaland attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Alsace: Alsace attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: East Macedonia and Thrace attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Andalucía: Andalusia attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Aquitaine: Aquitaine attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Aragón: Aragon attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Arnsberg: Arnsberg attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Attiki: Attica Department attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Auvergne: Auvergne attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Basse-Normandie: Basse-Normandie attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Berlin: Berlin attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Bourgogne: Bourgogne attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Brandenburg: Brandenburg attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Bratislavský kraj: Data unavailable for Bratislava
- Braunschweig: Braunschweig attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Bremen: Bremen attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Bretagne: Brittany attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Bucuresti – Ilfov: Data unavailable for Bucuresti – Ilfov
- Budapest: Budapest attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Burgenland (AT): Burgenland attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Calabria: Calabria attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Campania: Campania attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Canarias (ES): Canary Islands attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Cantabria: Cantabria attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Castilla y León: Castile and León attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Castilla-la Mancha: Castile-La Mancha attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Cataluña: Catalonia attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Centre – Val de Loire: Centre-Val de Loire attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Centro (PT): Centro attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Centru: Data unavailable for Centru
- Champagne-Ardenne: Champagne-Ardenne attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Chemnitz: Data unavailable for Chemnitz
- Cheshire: Cheshire attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (ES): Data unavailable for Ceuta
- Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (ES): Data unavailable for Melilla
- Comunidad Foral de Navarra: Navarra Chartered Community attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Comunidad Valenciana: Valencian Community attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Comunidad de Madrid: Madrid Autonomous Community attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Corse: Corsica attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Cumbria: Data unavailable for Cumbria
- Darmstadt: Darmstadt attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire: Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Detmold: Detmold attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Devon: Devon attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Dolnoslaskie: Data unavailable for Lower Silesia
- Dorset and Somerset: Dorset and Somerset attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Drenthe: Data unavailable for Drenthe
- Dresden: Dresden attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Dytiki Ellada: Data unavailable for West Greece
- Dytiki Makedonia: Data unavailable for West Macedonia
- Dél-Alföld: Data unavailable for Dél-Alföld
- Dél-Dunántúl: Data unavailable for Dél-Dunántúl
- Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- East Anglia: East Anglia attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- East Wales: East Wales attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire: East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Eastern Scotland: Eastern Scotland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Eastern and Midland: Eastern and Midland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Eesti: Estonia attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Emilia-Romagna: Emilia-Romagna attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Essex: Essex attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Etelä-Suomi: Etelä-Suomi attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Extremadura: Extremadura attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Flevoland: Data unavailable for Flevoland
- Franche-Comté: Franche-Comté attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Freiburg: Freiburg attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Friesland (NL): Friesland attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Friuli-Venezia Giulia attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Galicia: Galicia attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Gelderland: Gelderland attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Gießen: Gießen attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area: Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Greater Manchester: Greater Manchester attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Groningen: Groningen attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Guadeloupe: Data unavailable for Guadeloupe
- Guyane: Data unavailable for French Guiana
- Hamburg: Hamburg attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight: Hampshire and Isle of Wight attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Hannover: Hannover attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Haute-Normandie: Haute-Normandie attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Hedmark og Oppland: Hedmark og Oppland attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Helsinki-Uusimaa: Uusimaa attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire: Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Highlands and Islands: Highlands and Islands attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Hovedstaden: Capital Region attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Illes Balears: Balearic Islands attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Inner London – East: Inner London – East attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Inner London – West: Inner London – West attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Ionia Nisia: Data unavailable for Ionian Islands
- Ipeiros: Data unavailable for Epirus
- Jadranska Hrvatska: Jadranska Hrvatska attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Jihovýchod: Jihovýchod attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Jihozápad: Jihozápad attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Karlsruhe: Karlsruhe attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Kassel: Kassel attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Kent: Kent attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Kentriki Makedonia: Central Macedonia attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Koblenz: Koblenz attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Kontinentalna Hrvatska: Kontinentalna Hrvatska attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Kriti: Data unavailable for Crete
- Kujawsko-Pomorskie: Data unavailable for Kuyavia-Pomerania
- Kypros: Cyprus attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Kärnten: Carinthia attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Köln: Köln attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Közép-Dunántúl: Data unavailable for Közép-Dunántúl
- La Rioja: La Rioja attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- La Réunion: Réunion attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Lancashire: Lancashire attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Languedoc-Roussillon: Languedoc-Roussillon attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Lazio: Lazio attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire: Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Leipzig: Leipzig attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Liguria: Liguria attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Limburg (NL): Limburg attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Limousin: Limousin attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Lombardia: Lombardy attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Lorraine: Lorraine attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Lubelskie: Data unavailable for Lublin
- Lubuskie: Data unavailable for Lubusz
- Länsi-Suomi: Länsi-Suomi attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Lódzkie: Data unavailable for Łódź
- Lüneburg: Lüneburg attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Malopolskie: Data unavailable for Lesser Poland
- Marche: Marche attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Martinique: Martinique attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Mayotte: Data unavailable for Mayotte
- Mazowiecki regionalny: Data unavailable for Mazowiecki regionalny
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Mellersta Norrland: Mellersta Norrland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Merseyside: Merseyside attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Midi-Pyrénées: Midi-Pyrénées attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Midtjylland: Central Denmark attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Mittelfranken: Mittelfranken attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Molise: Data unavailable for Molise
- Moravskoslezsko: Moravskoslezský attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Münster: Münster attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Niederbayern: Niederbayern attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Niederösterreich: Lower Austria attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Noord-Brabant: North Brabant attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Noord-Holland: North Holland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Nord-Est: Data unavailable for Nord-Est
- Nord-Norge: Nord-Norge attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Nord-Pas de Calais: Nord-Pas de Calais attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Nord-Vest: Data unavailable for Nord-Vest
- Nordjylland: Northern Denmark attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Norra Mellansverige: Norra Mellansverige attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Norte: Norte attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- North Eastern Scotland: North Eastern Scotland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- North Yorkshire: North Yorkshire attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Northern Ireland (UK): Northern Ireland attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Northern and Western: Northern and Western attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Northumberland and Tyne and Wear: Northumberland and Tyne and Wear attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Notio Aigaio: Data unavailable for South Aegean
- Nyugat-Dunántúl: Data unavailable for Nyugat-Dunántúl
- Oberbayern: Oberbayern attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Oberfranken: Oberfranken attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Oberpfalz: Oberpfalz attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Oberösterreich: Upper Austria attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Opolskie: Data unavailable for Opole
- Oslo og Akershus: Oslo og Akershus attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Outer London – East and North East: Outer London – East and North East attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Outer London – South: Outer London – South attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Outer London – West and North West: Outer London – West and North West attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Overijssel: Overijssel attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Pays de la Loire: Pays-de-la-Loire attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- País Vasco: Basque Country attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Peloponnisos: Data unavailable for Peloponnese
- Pest: Pest attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Picardie: Picardie attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Piemonte: Piedmont attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Podkarpackie: Data unavailable for Subcarpathia
- Podlaskie: Data unavailable for Podlachia
- Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Poitou-Charentes: Poitou-Charentes attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Pomorskie: Data unavailable for Pomerania
- Praha: Prague, Hlavní mešto attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Principado de Asturias: Asturias attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Antwerpen: Antwerp attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Brabant Wallon: Walloon Brabant attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Prov. Hainaut: Hainaut attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Prov. Limburg (BE): Limburg attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Liège: Liège attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Luxembourg (BE): Luxembourg (Belgium) attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Namur: Namur attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: East Flanders attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: Flemish Brabant attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Prov. West-Vlaanderen: West Flanders attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento: Provincia Autonoma di Trento attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Puglia: Apulia attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Região Autónoma da Madeira (PT): Data unavailable for Madeira
- Região Autónoma dos Açores (PT): Data unavailable for Azores
- Región de Murcia: Murcia Region attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Rheinhessen-Pfalz: Rheinhessen-Pfalz attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Rhône-Alpes: Rhône-Alpes attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: Brussels attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Saarland: Saarland attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sachsen-Anhalt: Saxony-Anhalt attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Salzburg: Salzburg attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Sardegna: Sardinia attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Schleswig-Holstein: Schleswig-Holstein attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Schwaben: Schwaben attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Severen tsentralen: Data unavailable for Severen tsentralen
- Severoiztochen: Data unavailable for Severoiztochen
- Severovýchod: Severovýchod attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Severozapaden: Data unavailable for Severozapaden
- Severozápad: Severozápad attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Shropshire and Staffordshire: Shropshire and Staffordshire attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Sicilia: Sicily attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sjælland: Zealand attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Slaskie: Data unavailable for Silesia
- Småland med öarna: Småland med öarna attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sostines regionas: Vilnius County attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- South Yorkshire: South Yorkshire attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Southern: Southern attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Southern Scotland: Southern Scotland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Steiermark: Styria attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Sterea Ellada: Data unavailable for Central Greece
- Stockholm: Stockholm attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Stredné Slovensko: Data unavailable for Stredné Slovensko
- Strední Cechy: Středočeský attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Strední Morava: Strední Morava attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Stuttgart: Stuttgart attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sud – Muntenia: Data unavailable for Sud – Muntenia
- Sud-Est: Data unavailable for Sud-Est
- Sud-Vest Oltenia: Data unavailable for Sud-Vest Oltenia
- Surrey, East and West Sussex: Surrey, East and West Sussex attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Swietokrzyskie: Data unavailable for Holy Cross
- Syddanmark: Southern Denmark attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sydsverige: Sydsverige attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Sør-Østlandet: Sør-Østlandet attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Tees Valley and Durham: Tees Valley and Durham attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Thessalia: Data unavailable for Thessaly
- Thüringen: Thuringia attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Tirol: Tyrol attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Toscana: Toscana attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Trier: Trier attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Trøndelag: Trøndelag attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Tübingen: Tübingen attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Umbria: Umbria attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Unterfranken: Unterfranken attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Utrecht: Utrecht attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: Data unavailable for Aosta Valley
- Veneto: Veneto attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Vest: Data unavailable for Vest
- Vestlandet: Vestlandet attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Vidurio ir vakaru Lietuvos regionas: Data unavailable for Vidurio ir vakaru Lietuvos regionas
- Vorarlberg: Vorarlberg attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Voreio Aigaio: Data unavailable for North Aegean
- Vzhodna Slovenija: Vzhodna Slovenija attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Västsverige: Västsverige attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Východné Slovensko: Data unavailable for Východné Slovensko
- Warminsko-Mazurskie: Data unavailable for Warmia-Masuria
- Warszawski stoleczny: Warszawski stoleczny attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Weser-Ems: Weser-Ems attracts fewer skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- West Central Scotland: West Central Scotland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- West Midlands: West Midlands attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- West Wales and The Valleys: West Wales and The Valleys attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- West Yorkshire: West Yorkshire attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Wielkopolskie: Data unavailable for Greater Poland
- Wien: Vienna attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Yugoiztochen: Data unavailable for Yugoiztochen
- Yugozapaden: Data unavailable for Yugozapaden
- Yuzhen tsentralen: Data unavailable for Yuzhen tsentralen
- Zachodniopomorskie: Data unavailable for West Pomerania
- Zahodna Slovenija: Zahodna Slovenija attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Zeeland: Zeeland attracts EU movers with about the same education level as the domestic workforce
- Zuid-Holland: South Holland attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Západné Slovensko: Data unavailable for Západné Slovensko
- Área Metropolitana de Lisboa: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Åland: Data unavailable for Åland
- Észak-Alföld: Észak-Alföld attracts EU movers with higher education than the domestic workforce
- Észak-Magyarország: Data unavailable for Észak-Magyarország
- Île de France: Île-de-France attracts EU movers with lower education than the domestic workforce
- Östra Mellansverige: Östra Mellansverige attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe
- Övre Norrland: Övre Norrland attracts more skilled workers than most regions in Europe