The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine recorded more than 37 million border crossings in 2025. The number of entries and exits is almost equal: 18.4 million times versus 18.7 million. During the year, 290,300 Ukrainians traveled abroad and never returned. This is 1.5 times less than in 2024. In total, 3.1 million citizens have officially left Ukraine over the 4 years of full-scale migration. Of these, 72% left in the first year of the great war.
37,088,261 official border crossings were recorded in Ukraine in 2025. People entered Ukraine 18.4 million times and left it 18.7 million times.
86% of crossings were made by citizens. In general, Ukrainians traveled more often: last year, the border was crossed about 2.7 million times per month. For comparison, in previous years, the figure was lower and remained at 2.5 million.
Despite the fact that the number of border crossings is increasing year by year, the number of conditional non-returns – that is, the difference between citizens who left and those who returned – is gradually decreasing. During the year, 16.1 million Ukrainians left Ukraine, and 15.8 million returned. The difference is 290 thousand citizens who did not return. This is 1.5 times less than in 2024, when almost 443,000 did not return home.
In total, 3.1 million citizens have officially left the government-controlled territory of Ukraine and have not returned in the four years of full-scale war. 72% of them did so in the first year of the full-scale invasion.
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