Government budget and revenue in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine: official figures
The consolidated budget of Zhytomyr Oblast (the oblast budget plus its district and community budgets) received 22.4 billion hryvnias of revenue in 2025, 16.6% more than the 19.2 billion hryvnias of 2024 and 3.0% of the revenue of all regional and Kyiv budgets.
How does Zhytomyr Oblast spend its budget?
The 2025 spending plan of the consolidated budget of Zhytomyr Oblast, as amended by December, was 24.1 billion hryvnias; education took 50.7%, health care 6.6% and social protection 9.3%.
Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copyMore figures
- Own revenue, excluding transfers from the state budget, made up 69.8% of the revenue of the consolidated budget of Zhytomyr Oblast in 2025 (15.6 billion hryvnias), 13th highest of 25 regions. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Personal income tax brought 8.6 billion hryvnias into the consolidated budget of Zhytomyr Oblast in 2025, 54.9% of its own revenue. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- In 2025 local property and land taxes and land rent yielded 1.4 billion hryvnias in Zhytomyr Oblast, and the single tax paid by small businesses 2.1 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Transfers from the state budget to the consolidated budget of Zhytomyr Oblast totalled 6.8 billion hryvnias in 2025, including an education subvention of 4.1 billion hryvnias and a basic subsidy of 0.8 billion hryvnias. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
- Housing and communal services accounted for 5.9% of planned 2025 spending in Zhytomyr Oblast, public order and civil protection 2.1% and the economy, including roads and transport, 10.0%. Source: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine · saved copy
How Zhytomyr Oblast compares with other oblasts
Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) (2025)
Zhytomyr Oblast ranks 8 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Change in local budget revenue, 2025 vs 2024 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Volyn Oblast | +16.8% |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Oblast | +16.7% |
| 7 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | +16.7% |
| 8 | Zhytomyr Oblast | +16.6% |
| 9 | Vinnytsia Oblast | +15.8% |
| 10 | Kyiv Oblast | +15.3% |
| 11 | Cherkasy Oblast | +15.2% |
Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) (2025)
Zhytomyr Oblast ranks 13 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Own revenue as a share of local budget revenue (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 73.7% |
| 11 | Chernihiv Oblast | 71.7% |
| 12 | Sumy Oblast | 71.1% |
| 13 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 69.8% |
| 14 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 69.4% |
| 15 | Ternopil Oblast | 69.1% |
| 16 | Volyn Oblast | 67.3% |
Education share of planned local spending (%) (2025)
Zhytomyr Oblast ranks 9 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Education share of planned local spending (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 53.5% |
| 7 | Ternopil Oblast | 53.2% |
| 8 | Kirovohrad Oblast | 52.8% |
| 9 | Zhytomyr Oblast | 50.7% |
| 10 | Vinnytsia Oblast | 50.6% |
| 11 | Chernihiv Oblast | 50.6% |
| 12 | Mykolaiv Oblast | 49.0% |
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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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