Ukraine

Broadcast media

Ukraine's state-controlled nationwide TV broadcast channel (UT1) and a number of privately-owned TV networks provide basic TV coverage; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services are available; Russian television broadcasts have a small audience nationwide, but larger audiences in the eastern and southern regions; Ukraine's radio broadcast market, a mix of independent and state-owned networks, is comprised of some 300 stations (2007)

Internet country code

.ua

Internet hosts

2.173 million (2012) country comparison to the world: 37

Internet users

7.77 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 38

Telephone system

general assessment: Ukraine's telecommunication development plan emphasizes improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile-cellular system domestic: at independence in December 1991, Ukraine inherited a telephone system that was antiquated, inefficient, and in disrepair; more than 3.5 million applications for telephones could not be satisfied; telephone density is rising and the domestic trunk system is being improved; about one-third of Ukraine's networks are digital and a majority of regional centers now have digital switching stations; improvements in local networks and local exchanges continue to lag; the mobile-cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to saturation of the market which has reached 125 mobile phones per 100 people international: country code - 380; 2 new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fiber-optic Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) system and 3 Ukrainian links have been installed in the fiber-optic Trans-European Lines (TEL) project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fiber-optic submarine cable and by an unknown number of earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems

Telephones - main lines in use

12.681 million (2011) country comparison to the world: 19

Telephones - mobile cellular

55.576 million (2011) country comparison to the world: 23

Agriculture - products

grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef, milk

Budget

revenues: $53.07 billion expenditures: $59.58 billion note: this is the planned, consolidated budget (2012 est.)

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)

-3.6% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 118

Central bank discount rate

11.97% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 24 10.25% (31 December 2009 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate

16% (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 36 15.95% (31 December 2011 est.)

Current account balance

-$9.108 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 176 -$10.25 billion (2011 est.)

Debt - external

$124.9 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 40 $126.2 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Distribution of family income - Gini index

27.5 (2008) country comparison to the world: 123 29 (1999)

Economy - overview

After Russia, the Ukrainian republic was the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. Its fertile black soil generated more than one-fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Likewise, its diversified heavy industry supplied the unique equipment (for example, large diameter pipes) and raw materials to industrial and mining sites (vertical drilling apparatus) in other regions of the former USSR. Shortly after independence in August 1991, the Ukrainian Government liberalized most prices and erected a legal framework for privatization, but widespread resistance to reform within the government and the legislature soon stalled reform efforts and led to some backtracking. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level. Ukraine's dependence on Russia for energy supplies and the lack of significant structural reform have made the Ukrainian economy vulnerable to external shocks. Ukraine depends on imports to meet about three-fourths of its annual oil and natural gas requirements and 100% of its nuclear fuel needs. After a two-week dispute that saw gas supplies cutoff to Europe, Ukraine agreed to 10-year gas supply and transit contracts with Russia in January 2009 that brought gas prices to "world" levels. The strict terms of the contracts have further hobbled Ukraine's cash-strapped state gas company, Naftohaz. Outside institutions - particularly the IMF - have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms. Ukrainian Government officials eliminated most tax and customs privileges in a March 2005 budget law, bringing more economic activity out of Ukraine's large shadow economy, but more improvements are needed, including fighting corruption, developing capital markets, and improving the legislative framework. Ukraine's economy was buoyant despite political turmoil between the prime minister and president until mid-2008. Real GDP growth exceeded 7% in 2006-07, fueled by high global prices for steel - Ukraine's top export - and by strong domestic consumption, spurred by rising pensions and wages. A drop in steel prices and Ukraine's exposure to the global financial crisis due to aggressive foreign borrowing lowered growth in 2008. Ukraine reached an agreement with the IMF for a $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement in November 2008 to deal with the economic crisis, but the program quickly stalled due to the Ukrainian Government's lack of progress in implementing reforms. The economy contracted nearly 15% in 2009, among the worst economic performances in the world. In April 2010, Ukraine negotiated a price discount on Russian gas imports in exchange for extending Russia's lease on its naval base in Crimea. In August 2010, Ukraine, under the YANUKOVYCH Administration, reached a new agreement with the IMF for a $15.1 billion Stand-By Agreement. Economic growth resumed in 2010 and 2011, buoyed by exports, but slowed in 2012. After initial disbursements, the IMF program stalled in early 2011 due to the Ukrainian Government's lack of progress in implementing key gas sector reforms, namely gas tariff increases.

Exchange rates

hryvnia (UAH) per US dollar - 8.076 (2012 est.) 7.9676 (2011 est.) 7.9356 (2010 est.) 7.7912 (2009) 4.9523 (2008)

Exports

$71.53 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 51 $69.42 billion (2011 est.)

Exports - commodities

ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products

Exports - partners

Russia 27%, Turkey 5.8%, Italy 4.6% (2011)

Fiscal year

calendar year

GDP (official exchange rate)

$180.2 billion (2012 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity)

$344.7 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 39 $334.7 billion (2011 est.) $318.3 billion (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 10.4% industry: 32.8% services: 56.8% (2012 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP)

$7,600 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 133 $7,300 (2011 est.) $7,000 (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

GDP - real growth rate

3% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 108 5.2% (2011 est.) 4.1% (2010 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share

lowest 10%: 4.2% highest 10%: 22% (2009 est.)

Imports

$86.8 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 37 $85.67 billion (2011 est.)

Imports - commodities

energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals

Imports - partners

Russia 30.5%, Germany 9%, China 8.9%, Belarus 5.5%, Poland 5.3% (2011)

Industrial production growth rate

7.6% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

2% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 8% (2011 est.)

Investment (gross fixed)

19.5% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 108

Labor force

22.19 million (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

Labor force - by occupation

agriculture: 15.8% industry: 18.5% services: 65.7% (2008)

Market value of publicly traded shares

$25.56 billion (31 December 2011) country comparison to the world: 53 $39.46 billion (31 December 2010) $16.79 billion (31 December 2009)

Population below poverty line

35% (2009)

Public debt

38.8% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 93 35.9% of GDP (2011 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

$27.15 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 52 $31.79 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of broad money

$85.73 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 57 $85.33 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad

$7.348 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 56 $6.898 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home

$54.36 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 53 $49.36 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of domestic credit

$117.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 51 $121 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Stock of narrow money

$38.05 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 53 $38.93 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

29.5% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 102

Unemployment rate

8.5% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 99 7.9% (2011 est.) note: officially registered; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy

275.5 million Mt (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 24

Crude oil - exports

160 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 69

Crude oil - imports

143,600 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 41

Crude oil - production

73,180 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 52

Crude oil - proved reserves

395 million bbl (1 January 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 55

Electricity - consumption

138.3 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 23

Electricity - exports

7.961 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 24

Electricity - from fossil fuels

64.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 131

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants

10% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 115

Electricity - from nuclear fuels

25.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 3

Electricity - from other renewable sources

0.1% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 90

Electricity - imports

1.894 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 50

Electricity - installed generating capacity

54.38 million kW (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 18

Electricity - production

164.5 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 23

Natural gas - consumption

53.16 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

Natural gas - exports

2.6 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 37

Natural gas - imports

36.4 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12

Natural gas - production

19.36 billion cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34

Natural gas - proved reserves

1.104 trillion cu m (1 January 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 26

Refined petroleum products - consumption

320,600 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 40

Refined petroleum products - exports

76,140 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

Refined petroleum products - imports

148,900 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 39

Refined petroleum products - production

262,200 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

Area

total: 603,550 sq km country comparison to the world: 46 land: 579,330 sq km water: 24,220 sq km

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Texas

Climate

temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south

Coastline

2,782 km

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m

Environment - current issues

inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant

Environment - international agreements

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)

total: 37.53 cu km/yr (12%/35%/52%) per capita: 807 cu m/yr (2000)

Geographic coordinates

49 00 N, 32 00 E

Geography - note

strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe

Irrigated land

21,790 sq km (2003)

Land boundaries

total: 4,566 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km

Land use

arable land: 53.8% permanent crops: 1.5% other: 44.7% (2005)

Location

Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east

Map references

Europe

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m or to the depth of exploitation

Natural hazards

NA

Natural resources

iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land

Terrain

most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south

Total renewable water resources

139.5 cu km (1997)

Administrative divisions

24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status**; Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol'), Dnipropetrovs'k, Donets'k, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmel'nyts'kyy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhans'k, L'viv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol'**, Sumy, Ternopil', Vinnytsya, Volyn' (Luts'k), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses)

Capital

name: Kyiv (Kiev) note: pronounced KAY-yiv geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Constitution

adopted 28 June 1996

Country name

conventional long form: none conventional short form: Ukraine local long form: none local short form: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Diplomatic representation from the US

chief of mission: Ambassador John F. TEFFT embassy: 4 Igor Sikorsky Street, 04112 Kyiv mailing address: 5850 Kyiv Place, Washington, DC 20521-5850 telephone: [380] (44) 521-5000 FAX: [380] (44) 521-5155

Diplomatic representation in the US

chief of mission: Ambassador Oleksandr MOTSYK chancery: 3350 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007 telephone: [1] (202) 333-0606 FAX: [1] (202) 333-0817 consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York, San Francisco

Executive branch

chief of state: President Viktor YANUKOVYCH (since 25 February 2010) head of government: Prime Minister Mykola AZAROV (since 11 March 2010); First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy ARBUZOV (since 24 December 2012); Deputy Prime Ministers Yuriy BOYKO, Kostyantyn HRYSHCHENKO, Oleksandr VILKUL (all since 24 December 2012) cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers nominated by the president (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a Presidential Administration helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 17 January 2010 with runoff on 7 February 2010 (next to be held in October 2015) election results: Viktor YANUKOVYCH elected president; percent of vote - Viktor YANUKOVYCH 48.9%, Yuliya TYMOSHENKO 45.5%, other 5.6%

Flag description

two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grain fields under a blue sky

Government type

republic

Independence

24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. A.D. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus), 1648 (establishment of Cossack Hetmanate)

International law organization participation

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

International organization participation

Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS (participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter although it participates in meetings), EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Judicial branch

Supreme Court; Constitutional Court

Legal system

civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts

Legislative branch

unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 50% of seats allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that gain 5% or more of the national electoral vote and 50% to members elected in single mandate districts; members serve five-year terms) elections: last held on 28 October 2012 (next to be held fall 2017) election results: percent of vote by party - Party of Regions 30%, Batkivshchyna 25.5%, UDAR 14%%, CPU 13.2%, Svoboda 10.4%, other parties 6.9%; seats by party - Party of Regions 185, Batkivshchyna 101, UDAR 40, Svoboda 37, CPU 32, United Center 3, People's Party 2, Radical 1, Union 1, independents 43, undetermined 5 (mid November 2012)

National anthem

name: "Sche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished) lyrics/music: Paul CHUBYNSKYI/Mikhail VERBYTSKYI note: music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; the song was first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003

National holiday

Independence Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence (from Soviet Russia) and the day the short-lived Western and Greater (Eastern) Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day

National symbol(s)

trident (tryzub)

Political parties and leaders

Batkivshchyna [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]; Communist Party of Ukraine or CPU [Petro SYMONENKO]; European Party of Ukraine [Mykola KATERYNCHUK]; Front of Change [Arseniy YATSENYUK]; Our Ukraine [Valentyn NALYVAICHENKO]; Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs [Anatoliy KINAKH]; Party of Regions [Mykola AZAROV, chairman]; Party of the Defenders of the Fatherland [Yuriy KARMAZIN]; People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) [Borys TARASYUK]; People's Party [Volodymyr LYTVYN]; Peoples' Self-Defense Party [Oleh NOVIKOV]; Progressive Socialist Party [Natalya VITRENKO]; Radical Party [Oleh LYASHKO]; Reforms and Order Party [Viktor PYNZENYK]; Republican Party Sobor [Anatoliy MATVIYENKO]; Social Democratic Party [Yevhen KORNICHUK]; Social Democratic Party (United) or SDPU(o) [Yuriy ZAHORODNIY]; Socialist Party of Ukraine or SPU [Oleksandr MOROZ]; Svoboda [Oleh TYAHNYBOK]; Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms or UDAR [Vitaliy KLYCHKO]; Ukrainian People's Party [Yuriy KOSTENKO]; Union [Lev MIRIMSKY]; United Center [Viktor BALOHA]; Viche [Inna BOHOSLOVSKA]

Political pressure groups and leaders

Committee of Voters of Ukraine [Aleksandr CHERNENKO]; OPORA [Olha AIVAZOVSKA]

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal

Background

Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The cultural and religious legacy of Kyivan Rus laid the foundation for Ukrainian nationalism through subsequent centuries. A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. Following the collapse of czarist Russia in 1917, Ukraine was able to achieve a short-lived period of independence (1917-20), but was reconquered and forced to endure a brutal Soviet rule that engineered two forced famines (1921-22 and 1932-33) in which over 8 million died. In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for some 7 to 8 million more deaths. Although final independence for Ukraine was achieved in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. A peaceful mass protest "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister in August of 2006. An early legislative election, brought on by a political crisis in the spring of 2007, saw Yuliya TYMOSHENKO, as head of an "Orange" coalition, installed as a new prime minister in December 2007. Viktor YANUKOVUYCH was elected president in a February 2010 run-off election that observers assessed as meeting most international standards. The following month, Ukraine's parliament, the Rada, approved a vote of no-confidence prompting Yuliya TYMOSHENKO to resign from her post as prime minister. Ukraine held Rada elections, widely condemned as fraudulent by Western observers, in October 2012 returning a YANUKOVUYCH-aligned Party of Regions-led government back to power.

Manpower available for military service

males age 16-49: 10,984,394 females age 16-49: 11.26 million (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service

males age 16-49: 6,893,551 females age 16-49: 8,792,504 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually

male: 246,397 female: 234,916 (2010 est.)

Military branches

Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces (2010)

Military expenditures

1.4% of GDP (2005 est.) country comparison to the world: 105

Military service age and obligation

18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months for Army and Air Force, 18 months for Navy (2010)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.8% (male 3,179,234/ female 3,005,603) 15-64 years: 70.7% (male 15,163,660/ female 16,561,961) 65 years and over: 15.5% (male 2,275,828/ female 4,667,779) (2012 est.)

Birth rate

9.59 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 199

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

4.1% (2000) country comparison to the world: 93

Death rate

15.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 2

Education expenditures

5.3% of GDP (2007) country comparison to the world: 48

Ethnic groups

Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 census)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

1.1% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 45

HIV/AIDS - deaths

24,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 15

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

350,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

Health expenditures

7% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 80

Hospital bed density

8.73 beds/1,000 population (2006)

Infant mortality rate

total: 8.38 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 154 male: 10.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Languages

Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 9%

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 68.74 years country comparison to the world: 154 male: 63.07 years female: 74.77 years (2012 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2010 est.)

Major cities - population

KYIV (capital) 2.779 million; Kharkiv 1.455 million; Dnipropetrovsk 1.013 million; Odesa 1.009 million; Donetsk 971,000 (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

32 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 122

Median age

total: 40.1 years male: 36.9 years female: 43.3 years (2012 est.)

Nationality

noun: Ukrainian(s) adjective: Ukrainian

Net migration rate

-0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 118

Physicians density

3.125 physicians/1,000 population (2006)

Population

44,854,065 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 30

Population growth rate

-0.625% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 222

Religions

Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2% (2006 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 97% of population rural: 90% of population total: 95% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 10% of population total: 5% of population

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.29 children born/woman (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 214

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 14.9% country comparison to the world: 76 male: 15.2% female: 14.5% (2005)

Urbanization

urban population: 69% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: -0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Disputes - international

1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Belarus remains unratified due to unresolved financial claims, stalling demarcation and reducing border security; delimitation of land boundary with Russia is complete with preparations for demarcation underway; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December 2003 framework agreement and ongoing expert-level discussions; Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria Region, which remains under the auspices of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe-mandated peacekeeping mission comprised of Moldovan, Transnistrian, Russian, and Ukrainian troops; the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea

Illicit drugs

limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for CIS consumption; some synthetic drug production for export to the West; limited government eradication program; used as transshipment point for opiates and other illicit drugs from Africa, Latin America, and Turkey to Europe and Russia; Ukraine has improved anti-money-laundering controls, resulting in its removal from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) Noncooperative Countries and Territories List in February 2004; Ukraine's anti-money-laundering regime continues to be monitored by FATF

Airports

412 (2012) country comparison to the world: 21

Airports - with paved runways

total: 179 over 3,047 m: 13 2,438 to 3,047 m: 49 1,524 to 2,437 m: 22 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 89 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 233 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 216 (2012)

Heliports

7 (2012)

Merchant marine

total: 134 country comparison to the world: 43 by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 98, chemical tanker 1, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 8, refrigerated cargo 11, specialized tanker 2 registered in other countries: 172 (Belize 6, Cambodia 35, Comoros 10, Cyprus 3, Dominica 1, Georgia 10, Liberia 10, Malta 29, Marshall Islands 1, Moldova 14, Mongolia 1, Panama 8, Russia 12, Saint Kitts and Nevis 8, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12, Sierra Leone 5, Slovakia 2, unknown 5) (2010)

Pipelines

gas 36,493 km; oil 4,514 km; refined products 4,211 km (2010)

Ports and terminals

Feodosiya (Theodosia), Illichivsk, Mariupol', Mykolayiv, Odesa, Yuzhnyy

Railways

total: 21,684 km country comparison to the world: 12 broad gauge: 21,684 km 1.524-m gauge (9,854 km electrified) (2009)

Roadways

total: 169,496 km country comparison to the world: 29 paved: 165,844 km (includes 15 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,652 km (2009)

Waterways

1,672 km (most on Dnieper River) (2012) country comparison to the world: 47