Answered from official statistics · ONS

Is net migration falling?

2025

171,000people

Net migration was 171,000 people in 2025, down 48.3% (160,000) from 331,000 in 2024.

  1. ONS
  2. Long-term international migration, provisional
  3. Table 1
  4. published 21 May 2026
  5. full metric page

Net migration: 171,000 people, 2025

The estimated number of people who moved to the UK intending to stay at least 12 months, minus the number who left the UK for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.

Net migration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250k500k750k2015202020252012: 195,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 244,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 284,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 303,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 249,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 208,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 276,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 184,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 93,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 467,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 891,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 848,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 331,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 171,000 people · published 21 May 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Immigration: 813,000 people, 2025

The estimated number of people who moved to the UK intending to stay for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.

Immigration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0500k1m2015202020252012: 643,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 713,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 778,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 797,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 772,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 752,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 825,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 788,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 662,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 947,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 1,398,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 1,441,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 1,012,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 813,000 people · published 21 May 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Emigration: 642,000 people, 2025

The estimated number of people who left the UK intending to be away for at least 12 months, over a 12-month period.

Emigration: 2012 to 2025CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k2015202020252012: 448,000 people · published 21 May 20262013: 469,000 people · published 21 May 20262014: 494,000 people · published 21 May 20262015: 494,000 people · published 21 May 20262016: 523,000 people · published 21 May 20262017: 544,000 people · published 21 May 20262018: 549,000 people · published 21 May 20262019: 605,000 people · published 21 May 20262020: 569,000 people · published 21 May 20262021: 480,000 people · published 21 May 20262022: 508,000 people · published 21 May 20262023: 593,000 people · published 21 May 20262024: 680,000 people · published 21 May 20262025: 642,000 people · published 21 May 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Since the current government took office

MetricInheritedLatestChange
Net migration649,000Year ending June 2024171,0002025 73.7%
Immigration1,299,000Year ending June 2024813,0002025 37.4%
Emigration650,000Year ending June 2024642,0002025 1.2%

Changes during a government do not by themselves show what it caused. Method.

Breakdowns

What these figures don’t measure

Net migration: Short-term visitors, people who stay less than a year, the total number of foreign-born people living in the UK, or people who arrived without being counted.

Immigration: Short-term visitors, tourists, or people who stay less than a year.

Emigration: People leaving for less than a year, or the total number of British people living abroad.