In 2024, 30.11 million people crossed the state’s borders, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. 2% of those who left did not return – about half a million citizens. Over the year, the number of Ukrainians not returning home has tripled. This is stated in the data of Opendatabot.
2% of Ukrainians who left last year did not return to Ukraine – 443 thousand. This is 3.3 times more than in 2023 when the difference between those who left and those who returned was only 134 thousand. In 2024, most people got lost in June – 194 thousand.
Only 3 months of last year had a positive trend when the number of people who returned to the country was higher than those who left. Among them were April – +58 thousand, July – +23 thousand, and August – +89 thousand.
According to official data from the State Border Guard Service, about 3 million citizens did not return during the 3 years of full-scale war. This is almost the same number as in the 11 years preceding the full-scale invasion, i.e., from 2011 to 2021 (3.3 million).
