UKRAINE

Capital Kiev
Area (km2) 603 700
Total population (thousands, 2017) 42 316
Population density (per km2) 70
National currency Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)
National statistical office www.ukrstat.gov.ua
State Statistics Service of Ukraine
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2017 21%
   hourly wage, 2017 18%
Women in part-time employment
   percentage of employed women ..
Female tertiary students, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 52%
Female victims of homicide, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 17%
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 45%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 76.8
   males, years 67.0
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 16.8
   males, years 12.7
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 1.4
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 20.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 25.6
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.2
..
-9.0
-1.0
-0.7
1.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
7.3
9.3
9.1
9.3
9.5
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
17.4
23.1
22.4
23.0
18.9
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2018 533 831
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 12 629
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 45.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 53.9
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 11 383
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   UAH per USD, US=1, 2019 7.089
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 17
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 52
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2018 19 765
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2018 15
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 738
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2018 81
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2018 28 685
      million tonne-kilometres, 2018 186 344
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 40 679
      million tonne-kilometres, 2018 72 068
Geographical coverage: from 2014, does not include all territory of Ukraine. Changes over previous year unavailable for 2014 due to break in series. The Government of Ukraine has informed the United Nations that it is not in a position to provide statistical data concerning the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.