Government budget and revenue in Kyiv, Ukraine: official figures
The Kyiv city community budget took in 105.2 billion hryvnias in 2025, compared with 101.7 billion hryvnias in 2024 (+3.4%), the slowest growth of 9 among Ukraine's largest cities.
How does Kyiv spend its budget?
Kyiv planned to spend 115.4 billion hryvnias in 2025: 33.4% on education, 6.9% on health care and 11.2% on housing and communal services.
Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- Personal income tax brought 46.9 billion hryvnias into Kyiv's city budget in 2025, 44.6% of all revenue, 4th lowest of 9 of the large cities listed. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- 91.8% of the 2025 revenue of Kyiv's budget was raised locally, with state transfers, including an education subvention of 6.7 billion hryvnias, making up the rest. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Property and land taxes and land rent raised 9.0 billion hryvnias for Kyiv in 2025, and the single tax on small businesses 15.9 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Spending on public order and civil protection was planned at 0.2 billion hryvnias in Kyiv in 2025, and on social protection 12.1 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Transport, roads and other economic functions accounted for 29.1% of Kyiv's 2025 spending plan, and culture and sport 3.6%. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Kyiv compares with other cities in Ukraine
Change in city budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) (2025)
Kyiv ranks 9 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Change in city budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Vinnitsa | +17.8% |
| 4 | Lviv | +17.2% |
| 5 | Nikolaev | +17.2% |
| 6 | Odessa | +12.9% |
| 7 | Kharkiv | +11.2% |
| 8 | Krivoy Rog | +6.1% |
| 9 | Kyiv | +3.4% |
Personal income tax as a share of city budget revenue (%) (2025)
Kyiv ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Personal income tax as a share of city budget revenue (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Vinnitsa | 48.5% |
| 4 | Odessa | 45.7% |
| 5 | Zaporozhye | 44.8% |
| 6 | Kyiv | 44.6% |
| 7 | Kharkiv | 43.8% |
| 8 | Nikolaev | 41.2% |
| 9 | Krivoy Rog | 36.8% |
Education share of planned city spending (%) (2025)
Kyiv ranks 7 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | City | Education share of planned city spending (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nikolaev | 37.7% |
| 4 | Lviv | 36.5% |
| 5 | Odessa | 35.9% |
| 6 | Krivoy Rog | 34.2% |
| 7 | Kyiv | 33.4% |
| 8 | Dnipro | 30.2% |
| 9 | Kharkiv | 22.8% |
More on Kyiv: overview · all cities in Ukraine
Sources
- Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Open Budget public API (localBudgetData): revenue of the consolidated budgets of each oblast, Kyiv and the largest city communities in 2024 and 2025, and their 2025 spending plans by function (saved API responses, one CSV per budget and query), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8a856cffe239…)
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