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Geography of mobility - Establishment

The table below shows the number of decisions taken on professionals who obtain professional qualifications in one country (country of qualification– listed in rows) and apply for recognition in another country (host country – listed in columns) to practice there on a permanent basis. All regulated professions are included.

Data covers all types of recognition decisions: positive (agreement) or negative (refusal) taken by host countries.

It is possible to filter the table to view a certain type of decision or a given period.

       

Country of qualification

The graph on the left presents the top five countries where migrating professionals obtained their professional qualifications.

The graph on the right presents the top five countries where migrating professionals had their qualifications recognized.

The graphs are based on the statistics provided by the Member States, displayed also in the table below. They are updated according to the search criteria introduced in the filter above.

Period from: All
Period to: All
Decisions taken by host country: All
Country of qualification: All
Host country: All
Profession: All

Host country

Qualification obtained in Recognition in host country
AT BE BG CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE EL HU IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SI ES SE UK IS LI NO CH Total
Austria (AT) 66 23 33 100 69 37 31 4439 25 11 49 669 4 68 2 183 34 19 9 188 147 71 76 690 10 173 148 581 7955
Belgium (BE) 87 2 20 32 14 5108 590 33 3 82 197 2 2 2279 1 4969 13 54 6 3 248 40 864 5 62 369 15085
Bulgaria (BG) 104 268 741 22 108 45 79 1244 341 3 127 338 21 19 69 14 21 3 2 103 97 95 2513 6 120 135 6638
Cyprus (CY) 1 1 2 27 48 1 3 1 1 21 6 1 1 293 4 411
Czech Republic (CZ) 664 50 55 35 29 9 64 791 28 29 193 83 1 3 11 49 198 20 8 524 32 29 90 1153 19 60 158 4385
Denmark (DK) 16 29 8 6 58 40 329 6 1 61 32 53 1 59 1 112 11 4 2 104 1389 879 1102 2 4149 41 8495
Estonia (EE) 8 14 2 27 1353 2 115 4 1 39 112 45 14 1 3 89 1308 2 731 5 3875
Finland (FI) 21 33 6 3 60 28 16 137 1 122 21 6 6 50 12 1 1 45 626 630 11 608 45 2489
France (FR) 65 4286 18 91 39 60 60 1158 131 2 161 463 59 1 1681 5 263 86 224 25 3 3 711 85 2354 32 228 3620 15914
Germany (DE) 10764 1223 102 78 335 2026 10 297 321 1132 55 880 1087 27 6 2244 8 3103 774 176 26 16 118 1561 1201 5698 171 30 2581 9702 45752
Greece (EL) 37 221 16 12601 8 46 2 30 46 1113 3 125 111 1 3 4 172 17 9 8 9 40 346 2701 19 2 254 118 18062
Hungary (HU) 1255 95 5 316 6 211 76 54 1441 29 353 358 3 5 175 7 9 105 144 35 90 402 2792 11 1 228 190 8396
Ireland (IE) 7 26 4 4 13 5 30 139 7 1 25 3 5 4 81 110 4 2 2 186 34 9177 3 1150 7 11029
Italy (IT) 386 613 13 113 56 72 1 47 553 1443 1411 10 257 5 28 34 286 79 117 33 9 155 1327 189 4898 44 3 119 1701 14002
Latvia (LV) 9 24 2 10 4 156 5 37 4 264 78 11 35 6 4 2 1 1 2 100 574 12 251 21 1613
Lithuania (LT) 11 58 5 161 25 13 402 179 38 178 2 43 54 2 1 16 126 1112 48 876 18 3368
Luxembourg (LU) 9 231 3 16 129 2 3 15 1 5 3 100 1 3 521
Malta (MT) 6 1 1 3 1 10 1 68 8 4 8 1 2 7 618 4 12 755
Netherlands (NL) 309 4501 7 50 160 56 124 3466 30 4 139 122 11 49 3 66 64 8 1 16 220 223 1920 107 804 148 12608
Poland (PL) 752 6397 4 62 408 1161 1 67 295 5349 15 6 1610 510 10 25 17 5 542 20 3 24 11 669 800 10956 1191 4237 316 35463
Portugal (PT) 13 401 2 12 36 12 252 292 2 167 42 1 62 2 105 22 2 4 476 49 2995 4 1 278 234 5466
Romania (RO) 276 4380 85 412 8 205 45 570 2171 448 543 539 5249 13 6 184 4 24 7 17 256 391 6199 9 412 297 22750
Slovakia (SK) 3311 82 8 35 5809 58 6 15 807 15 87 220 84 2 3 33 90 1 2 36 23 53 1253 40 93 193 12359
Slovenia (SI) 331 10 1 4 3 4 2 10 116 2 15 95 7 1 2 4 10 138 7 23 21 806
Spain (ES) 87 490 18 8 10 117 2 75 1064 1655 24 7 459 1749 10 12 2 374 62 1324 16 1 17 232 9126 24 316 155 17436
Sweden (SE) 51 45 2 9 6 2439 6 1293 40 203 50 5 123 50 59 8 1 110 60 7 2 199 1400 210 14257 60 20695
United Kingdom (UK) 132 266 7 4290 95 377 6 287 536 1353 777 18 14107 652 27 4 76 50 876 179 83 187 14 9 846 389 128 3137 108 29016
Iceland (IS) 4 2 252 4 24 5 2 1 2 1 21 4 3 273 114 647 9 1368
Liechtenstein (LI) 86 2 1 5 3 16 5 21 6 2 1 3 4 1 100 10 2 268
Norway (NO) 8 7 5 2 1 581 1 60 16 78 19 14 21 1 6 2 66 18 5 1 1 58 757 411 161 16 2316
Switzerland (CH) 194 82 2 37 29 18 127 747 13 8 29 325 3 1 3 1 64 21 12 1 4 16 84 54 326 3 93 33 2330
Total 18997 23909 366 18877 7044 8496 62 4023 9432 30048 4574 804 20214 12483 532 76 6655 177 11966 1961 2212 452 941 737 7375 8131 73292 3379 305 35821 18285 331626