Europe & Central Asia

Ukraine: official statistics and sources

19 official bodies for Ukraine, from State Statistics Service of Ukraine to Unified State Open Data Portal, with key figures from the World Bank and IMF. Official language: Ukrainian. Capital: Kiev.

Who holds power in Ukraine

• Head of state: Volodymyr Zelenskyy (President of Ukraine)
• Head of government: Sergii Koretskyi (Prime Minister of Ukraine)
• Foreign minister: Andrii Sybiha (Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine)

Source: UN Protocol and Liaison Service list, dated 15 October 2026. All world leaders.

Unitary republic. How local power works in Ukraine: 4 tiers of government below the nation, who is elected and who they answer to.

Part of level 6 of the 10 levels of power.

Government, regions and cities

• Government and power in Ukraine: leaders, governance scores, women in parliament, spending and the bodies that hold power to account
• All 27 oblasts: Donetsk Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kyiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Lviv Oblast…
• The 40 largest cities: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, Dnipro, Donets'k

Key figures

What the figures show

Ukraine had 39.0 million people in 2025, by the World Bank's count; ten years earlier the figure was 45.8 million. Of the 52 UN members in the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia region, 7 have more people; worldwide it comes 40th.

In 2025 Ukraine recorded gross domestic product of $214.2 billion, converted to US dollars by the World Bank. That works out at $5,866 a head; the regional median is $28,420.

Real GDP grew by 1.8% in 2025, World Bank figures show. For 2026 the IMF expects 1.0%.

Across 2025 the annual rate was 12.7%. The IMF forecasts 8.9% for 2026.

The ILO's modelled unemployment rate for 2021 is 9.8%; the national statistics office may publish a different figure from its own survey.

The IMF records general government gross debt of 107.1% of GDP for 2025, compared with a median of 46.9% across the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia region; its 2026 projection is 111.8%.

Life expectancy at birth: 74.7 years (2024).

• Annual inflation since 2015: highest 48.7% (2015), lowest 2.7% (2020).
• Debt ratio 2015: 79.3%; 2025: 107.1%.
• GDP per person in dollars, 2015 to 2025: +180%.

Figures checked 2026-10-13; how they are compiled.

Official sources in Ukraine

Statistics office prices, jobs, people, output

• State Statistics Service of Ukraine (Державна служба статистики України)
  Official statistics on GDP, consumer prices, industry, trade and the labour market.

Central bank interest rates and money

• National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України)
  The key policy rate, official hryvnia exchange rates, inflation reports and banking statistics; also supervises banks.

Parliament debates, votes, bills

• Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Верховна Рада України)
  Draft laws, plenary session records, roll-call votes and members of parliament.

Government

• Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (Кабінет Міністрів України)
  Cabinet resolutions, orders and government press releases.

Laws and the official gazette the text of laws

• Legislation of Ukraine (Verkhovna Rada database) (Законодавство України)
  The official database of Ukrainian laws, codes and other legal acts with consolidated versions.

Courts judgments

• Supreme Court of Ukraine (Верховний Суд)
  Supreme Court rulings, legal positions and case-law reviews.
• Constitutional Court of Ukraine (Конституційний Суд України)
  Constitutional Court decisions, opinions and pending cases.
• Unified State Register of Court Decisions (Єдиний державний реєстр судових рішень)
  Full texts of Ukrainian court decisions, searchable by court, case and date. Not in English.

Public audit how public money was spent

• Accounting Chamber of Ukraine (Рахункова палата України)
  Audit reports on state budget spending and public bodies.

Elections results and rules

• Central Election Commission of Ukraine (Центральна виборча комісія)
  Election results, candidate registration and voter register data.

Regulators

• National Securities and Stock Market Commission (Національна комісія з цінних паперів та фондового ринку)
  Capital market regulation, registers of market participants and market statistics.
• Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (Антимонопольний комітет України)
  Competition decisions, merger approvals and state aid reviews.
• National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (Національна комісія, що здійснює державне регулювання у сферах енергетики та комунальних послуг)
  Energy and utility tariffs, licensing and market monitoring reports.

Ombudsman

• Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights (Уповноважений Верховної Ради України з прав людини)
  Annual and special reports on human rights.

Public registers companies, land, charities

• Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Formations (Єдиний державний реєстр юридичних осіб, фізичних осіб-підприємців та громадських формувань)
  Registration data, founders, beneficial owners and directors of companies, NGOs and charities; also released as open data. Not in English.
• State Service for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (Держгеокадастр)
  State Land Cadastre extracts, the public cadastral map and land-plot data. Not in English.
• National Agency on Corruption Prevention — declarations register (Національне агентство з питань запобігання корупції)
  Public asset declarations of Ukrainian officials and politicians, searchable by name. Not in English.

Public contracts government tenders and awards

• Prozorro (Prozorro)
  All public procurement tenders, bids and contracts in Ukraine.

Open data

• Unified State Open Data Portal (Єдиний державний вебпортал відкритих даних)
  Datasets published by Ukrainian public bodies.

Freedom of information in Ukraine

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Also: World Bank country data · IMF country page · UN Sustainable Development Goals country profile · IPU Parline parliament profile.

Ukraine by subject

• Economy GDP, growth, trade and investment
• Jobs and pay unemployment, jobs and work
• Cost of living inflation, poverty and inequality
• Public finances debt, deficit, tax and spending
• Health and care life expectancy, doctors and spending
• Housing homes, cities, water and power
• Crime and justice murder rate, courts and crime
• Immigration migrants, refugees and remittances
• Education schools, universities and literacy
• Environment emissions, air, forests and water

Common questions

What is the population of Ukraine?

39.0 million (2025, World Bank). National figures: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

What is the inflation rate in Ukraine?

12.7% (2025, World Bank). Official index: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

What is Ukraine's GDP?

$214.2 billion (2025, World Bank).

How much government debt does Ukraine have?

107.1% of GDP (2025, International Monetary Fund).

Who publishes official statistics in Ukraine?

State Statistics Service of Ukraine (Державна служба статистики України): https://stat.gov.ua/en

Is there a freedom of information law in Ukraine?

Law of Ukraine "On Access to Public Information" No. 2939-VI of 13 January 2011 (2011).

What is the central bank of Ukraine?

National Bank of Ukraine (Національний банк України): https://bank.gov.ua/en/

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