Ukraine
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 39M (2025). World rank 40 of 216; in Europe, 7 of 48. Area: 603,500 km². World rank 46 of 249; in Europe, 2 of 52. GDP: $214.2B (2025). World rank 57 of 210; in Europe, 22 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 45.8M → 39M, GDP $91B → $214.2B, and GDP per person $2,094 → $5,866. Worse than all its neighbours (Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Ukraine
- Local name
- Україна
- Capital
- Kyiv
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Head of government
- Serhii Koretskyi
- Independence
- August 24, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 21.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 38,980,376 2025
- Area
- 603,500 km²
- GDP
- $214.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $5,866 2025
- Life expectancy
- 74.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Ukrainian
- Currency
- Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +380
- Emergency numbers
- 101, 102, 103, 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 2,782
- Neighbours
- Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
- Agricultural land
- 71.3% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Hoverla, 2,061 m
- Lowest point
- Black Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 175
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 8
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 22°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -6°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 565 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 64.6 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 69.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.7M 2025
- Born in another country
- 13.4% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 13.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 67.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 19% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 69.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 5.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 13.6 2024
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 45.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 34.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 40.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 50.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 56.2 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $18,905 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.8% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $5,510 2025
- Inflation
- +12.7% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 31 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 7.6% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 17.9% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 61% 2025
- Unemployment
- 9.8% 2021
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 19.1% 2021
- Women in work or seeking work
- 47.7% 2021
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 25.3% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 51.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -13.5% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.8% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 4.6% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 21% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 25.6 2020
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2020
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.4% 2001
- Primary school enrolment
- 93.3% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 86.2% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 87.2% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.1% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.2% 2021
- Health spending per person
- $370 2021
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 45.3% 2021
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.5 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6.1 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 6.1 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 91% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 7.6 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 7.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 15 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 56.1% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 23.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 93.5% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 97% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 3.8 2021
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 10.2 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 21.2 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 59.8 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 14.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 17.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 17.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,342 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 6.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 82.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 133 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 21.7 2024
- Internet domain
- .ua .укр
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,599 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 8.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 12% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 29.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 452,344 2022
- Airports
- 152 2025
- Railways, km
- 21,733 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.4% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 586 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 15,498 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 969 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 6.4% 2024