Ukraine in 22 key numbers in the year 2022

Author

Valery Moiseev

Key numbers in Ukraine in 2022: refugees, exchange rate, hostilities, welfare, residential construction, power generators, harvest, loans, and losses for Ukraine’s economy.

Almost 10 months ago, on February 24, Russia started its full-scale war against Ukraine. Since then, our country and the Ukrainians have changed. summarized the key numbers indicative of these changes.

300 days (as of December 21) since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
4.18 million refugees from Ukraine registered in the EU with a status of temporary protection or in similar national schemes as of September 30, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

25% of Ukraine’s territory is currently under occupation or within the zone of active combat.
1.5 times was the increase in the average banks’ selling rate of cash dollars from January 1 to February 20: from UAH 24.42 to UAH 40.26.
33% of all state budget expenditures from February 24 to December 1 accounted for the salaries of the military (UAH 623 billion vs. UAH 1,895 billion, or nearly $17 billion vs. $51.5 billion).
UAH 375 billion (more than $10 billion) were allocated from the state budget for welfare between January and November.
77% was the 9-month decrease in the total annual area of residential construction, now amounting to 654,000 square meters.
More than 50,000 objects in 11 regions included in the Fast Recovery Plan of Ukraine.
30.8% was the decrease in the real GDP in annual terms by the end of the 3rd quarter.
$700 billion — this will be the amount of losses inflicted on Ukraine’s economy by the end of the year, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
33.5% was the annual increase in food prices as of December 1. In total, consumer prices increased by 25.7%.
17,000 contracts worth UAH 71.2 billion (nearly $2 billion) were concluded during the martial law period as part of the Affordable Loans 5-7-9% program.
415,000 entrants enrolled in higher educational institutions, of whom 118,000 were state-sponsored.
$8.7 billion was the commodity trade deficit as of December 1: commodity imports amounted to $49.4 billion, while exports to $40.7 billion.
14.3 million tons of Ukrainian food was shipped from the ports of Larger Odesa on board 569 vessels to Asian, European, and African countries from August 1 to December 20.

UAH 400 billion (nearly $11 billion) was the national currency emission by the National Bank for the purpose of buying war bonds.
510,300 power generators of various capacities were imported to Ukraine.
By 28%, the number of electric cars imported into Ukraine during the 11 months increased in annual terms: 11,700 vs. 9,130.
44.91 million tons of grains had been cropped by December 15. 88% of the planned fields were harvested.
UAH 561.2 billion (more than $15 million) were the worth of individual UAH deposits in Ukrainian banks in early December. Since the beginning of the year, they have increased by 22.7%, and by 31.3% since the beginning of the full-scale war.
35.5% of the banks’ total loan portfolio as of November 1 were non-performing loans. Their total amount is UAH 417.5 billion (around 11.33 billion).
36.600 contracts concluded on the land market after February
24. The total area of the sold plots is 66,600 hectares.