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Country summary


Kyiv (Kiev)



Government type



45,700,395 (July 2010 est.)[1]

Population growth

-0.632% (2010 est.)[1]

Life expectancy

68.25 years[1]


8.8% (2009 est.)[1]

Index of Economic Freedom


Corruption Perceptions Index


Doing Business ranking



Economical characteristics

  • Currency: Hryvnia (ISO code: UAH)
  • Central bank discount rate: 10.25% (31 December 2009)[1]
  • Commercial banks lending rate: 19.6% (31 December 2009)[1]
  • Stock of money (M1): $24.7 billion (31 December 2009)[1]
  • Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $41.5 billion (31 December 2009)[1]

Notable events:


GDP (million USD)[6] 31 581 31 262 38 009 42 393 50 133 64 883 86 142 107 753 142 719 180 355
Govt. debt (% of GDP)[7] 60.976 45.287
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[8] 23.329 26.783 26.574 29.232 29.885 30.710 35.108 36.205 34.320 35.750
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[9] 25.171 26.872 27.615 28.995 29.714 32.984 36.045 36.794 34.952 37.239
Debt to revenue (years) 2.614 1.691



  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 CIA - The World Factbook. "Ukraine", from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  2. Heritage Foundation. "Ukraine", Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  3. Transparency International. "Ukraine", Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  4. Doing Business. "Ukraine", Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  5. Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. "This Time is Different", Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 386. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-21.
  6. World Bank. "Ukraine: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  7. World Bank. "Ukraine: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  8. World Bank. "Ukraine: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-29.
  9. World Bank. "Ukraine: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-29.