Capital investments in Ukraine rose by 25.2% y/y in 2025 – State Statistics Service

According to the State Statistics Service, capital investment in Ukraine rose by 25.2% year-over-year last year, reaching 669.3 billion hryvnias.

Enterprises’ own funds remained the primary source of capital investment last year (71.2% of the total).

The share of the state budget in 2025 was 7%, local budgets – 6.4%, funds from the public for housing construction – 5.7%, bank and other loan financing – 5.1%, and funds from foreign investors – 0.1%.

The industrial sector accounted for 38.7% of total capital investments (UAH 259.1 billion); transportation, warehousing, postal, and courier services accounted for 10.8% (UAH 72.3 billion).

As a reminder, Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025 slowed to 1.8% from 3.2% in 2024, according to preliminary data from the State Statistics Service. According to the National Bank’s February inflation report, the economy will grow by 1.8% this year. The regulator forecasts that real GDP will increase by 2.8% in 2027 and by 3.7% in 2028.

As reported by GMK Center, Ukraine’s GDP in 2025 was 21% below its pre-war level. The country needs new drivers of growth, which can only be found in the industrial sector. The main factor supporting the economy was external financing, which amounted to $52.4 billion last year.

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