Persons involved in migrant smuggling by legal status and sex by country
Countries reporting
31
Highest
7,676
Italy
Lowest
2
Norway
Median
352
Years covered
9
2016–2024
Data points
257
What the numbers show
Persons involved in migrant smuggling by legal status and sex is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 7,676 in Italy; the lowest is 2 in Norway.
The median across all reporting countries is 352, and the mean is 890.84.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,838.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 8,914.3%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 89.5%).
Persons involved in migrant smuggling by legal status and sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 7,676 | 2024 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 2 | France | 4,733 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 3,985 | 2024 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 4 | Croatia | 1,611 | 2024 | up 864.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Greece | 1,262 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1,041 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 7 | Spain | 903 | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 734 | 2024 | up 233.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Albania | 723 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 682 | 2024 | up 2,523.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Slovenia | 672 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 631 | 2024 | up 8,914.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 629 | 2024 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Hungary | 586 | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Serbia | 426 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 352 | 2024 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 161 | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 135 | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Finland | 123 | 2024 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 102 | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 99 | 2024 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Slovakia | 72 | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Kosovo* | 60 | 2021 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 54 | 2024 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 25 | Cyprus | 53 | 2024 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Denmark | 31 | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Iceland | 26 | 2024 | up 766.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Montenegro | 25 | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 21 | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Malta | 6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Norway | 2 | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 13,195