Since 2010, the country has been losing about 500,000 people annually. After 2014, the annual number of non-returnees decreased markedly, but the brain drain was still in the hundreds of thousands. The only year with a positive balance was the coronavirus 2020, when there were 80,000 more Ukrainians who returned home than those who left. According to figures of 2021, we can expect that if in November – December there will be no mass return of Ukrainians home, the total negative balance for 11 years will be more than 3.3 mln people, reported Opendatamedia.
In 2021 600,000 Ukrainian citizens have left and not returned.
