Government budget and revenue in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
The consolidated budget of Cherkasy Oblast (the oblast budget plus its district and community budgets) received 22.3 billion hryvnias of revenue in 2025, 15.2% more than the 19.4 billion hryvnias of 2024 and 3.0% of the revenue of all regional and Kyiv budgets.
How does Cherkasy Oblast spend its budget?
The 2025 spending plan of the consolidated budget of Cherkasy Oblast, as amended by December, was 23.3 billion hryvnias; education took 48.0%, health care 7.7% and social protection 10.6%.
Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- Own revenue, excluding transfers from the state budget, made up 76.1% of the revenue of the consolidated budget of Cherkasy Oblast in 2025 (17.0 billion hryvnias), 6th highest of 25 regions. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Personal income tax brought 9.4 billion hryvnias into the consolidated budget of Cherkasy Oblast in 2025, 55.3% of its own revenue. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- In 2025 local property and land taxes and land rent yielded 1.9 billion hryvnias in Cherkasy Oblast, and the single tax paid by small businesses 2.4 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Transfers from the state budget to the consolidated budget of Cherkasy Oblast totalled 5.3 billion hryvnias in 2025, including an education subvention of 3.5 billion hryvnias and a basic subsidy of 0.5 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Housing and communal services accounted for 6.6% of planned 2025 spending in Cherkasy Oblast, public order and civil protection 2.3% and the economy, including roads and transport, 8.4%. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Cherkasy Oblast compares with other oblasts
Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) (2025)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 11 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Zhytomyr Oblast | +16.6% |
| 9 | Vinnytsia Oblast | +15.8% |
| 10 | Kyiv Oblast | +15.3% |
| 11 | Cherkasy Oblast | +15.2% |
| 12 | Sumy Oblast | +14.2% |
| 13 | Kirovohrad Oblast | +13.9% |
| 14 | Poltava Oblast | +13.4% |
Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) (2025)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 6 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Poltava Oblast | 80.4% |
| 4 | Kyiv Oblast | 78.9% |
| 5 | Lviv Oblast | 77.6% |
| 6 | Cherkasy Oblast | 76.1% |
| 7 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 74.6% |
| 8 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 74.3% |
| 9 | Odesa Oblast | 73.9% |
Education share of planned local spending (%) (2025)
Cherkasy Oblast ranks 13 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Education share of planned local spending (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 50.6% |
| 11 | Chernihiv Oblast | 50.6% |
| 12 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 49.0% |
| 13 | Cherkasy Oblast | 48.0% |
| 14 | Sumy Oblast | 47.1% |
| 15 | Lviv Oblast | 46.6% |
| 16 | Poltava Oblast | 44.5% |
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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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