Government budget and revenue in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
The consolidated budget of Poltava Oblast (the oblast budget plus its district and community budgets) received 29.8 billion hryvnias of revenue in 2025, 13.4% more than the 26.3 billion hryvnias of 2024 and 4.0% of the revenue of all regional and Kyiv budgets.
How does Poltava Oblast spend its budget?
The 2025 spending plan of the consolidated budget of Poltava Oblast, as amended by December, was 30.5 billion hryvnias; education took 44.5%, health care 7.7% and social protection 9.6%.
Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- Own revenue, excluding transfers from the state budget, made up 80.4% of the revenue of the consolidated budget of Poltava Oblast in 2025 (24.0 billion hryvnias), 3rd highest of 25 regions. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Personal income tax brought 13.6 billion hryvnias into the consolidated budget of Poltava Oblast in 2025, 56.7% of its own revenue. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- In 2025 local property and land taxes and land rent yielded 2.6 billion hryvnias in Poltava Oblast, and the single tax paid by small businesses 2.7 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Transfers from the state budget to the consolidated budget of Poltava Oblast totalled 5.8 billion hryvnias in 2025, including an education subvention of 4.1 billion hryvnias and a basic subsidy of 0.2 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Housing and communal services accounted for 9.5% of planned 2025 spending in Poltava Oblast, public order and civil protection 1.8% and the economy, including roads and transport, 9.7%. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Poltava Oblast compares with other oblasts
Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) (2025)
Poltava Oblast ranks 14 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Cherkasy Oblast | +15.2% |
| 12 | Sumy Oblast | +14.2% |
| 13 | Kirovohrad Oblast | +13.9% |
| 14 | Poltava Oblast | +13.4% |
| 15 | Chernivtsi Oblast | +13.2% |
| 16 | Odesa Oblast | +12.5% |
| 17 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | +11.8% |
Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) (2025)
Poltava Oblast ranks 3 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyiv | 91.8% |
| 2 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 81.4% |
| 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% |
Education share of planned local spending (%) (2025)
Poltava Oblast ranks 16 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Education share of planned local spending (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Cherkasy Oblast | 48.0% |
| 14 | Sumy Oblast | 47.1% |
| 15 | Lviv Oblast | 46.6% |
| 16 | Poltava Oblast | 44.5% |
| 17 | Odesa Oblast | 44.4% |
| 18 | Kyiv Oblast | 43.3% |
| 19 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 39.1% |
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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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