So, the worst situation in the country was observed from 1997 to 1998, when 52% of the respondents were called poor and needy. For 15 years, the situation has changed rapidly and as of 2008, 11 percent of Ukraine's population was considered poor. The study revealed that before the outbreak of the military conflict, in 2013 the poverty rate jumped to 17 percent. By the end of 2017, it can be stated that the poverty rate has fallen to the level of 12.
Earlier, the Minister of Social Policy, Andrei Reva, said that in four years the stratum of poor citizens had fallen to 39 percent.
As reported in the "URA-Inform", recently in & nbsp Minsotspolitiki told how many Ukrainians were employed in 2017.