More Slovaks Returning Home Than Leaving

For the first time in 2024, the number of Slovaks returning home from abroad significantly exceeded the number leaving, the Institute for Financial Policy noted. Some 19,000 people left the country while 27,000 returned. Reasons for returning vary, with loneliness and high living costs predominating. The return rate of Slovaks who have emigrated exceeds 50% over a ten-year horizon. Departures abroad remain concentrated among young people, often university students. Brain drain is meanwhile intensifying. Slovakia has the 2nd-highest share of students studying abroad among OECD countries.

(dennikN.sk)