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    General Information
    Region    Eastern Europe
    Population (000, 2020)   43 734a
    Pop. density (per km2, 2020)   75.5a
    Capital city    Kyiv
    Capital city pop. (000, 2020)   2 973.3c
    UN membership date    24-Oct-45
    Surface area (km2)   603 500b
    Sex ratio (m per 100 f)   86.3a
    National currency    Hryvnia (UAH)
    Exchange rate (per US$)   23.7d,c
    Economic indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    GDP: Gross domestic productd (million current US$)136 01291 031130 832e
    GDP growth rated (annual %, const. 2015 prices)0.3-9.83.3e
    GDP per capitad (current US$)2 970.22 026.42 956.9e
    Economy: Agriculturef (% of Gross Value Added)8.414.212e
    Economy: Industryd,f,g (% of Gross Value Added)29.325.627.5e
    Economy: Services and other activityf,h,i (% of GVA)55.455.453.9e
    Employment in agriculture (% of employed)20.315.314.1j
    Employment in industry (% of employed)25.724.724.8j
    Employment in services (% employed)546061.1j
    Unemploymentj (% of labour force)8.19.18.9
    Labour force participation ratej (female/male pop. %)48.4 / 63.047.4 / 63.646.5 / 62.8
    CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)100180282c
    Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)107135153k
    International trade: exportsd (million current US$)51 43038 12750 060j,c
    International trade: importsd (million current US$)60 73737 51660 783j,c
    International trade: balanced (million current US$)- 9 307611- 10 723j,c
    Balance of payments, current account (million US$)- 3 0161 616- 1 322c
    Social indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Population growth ratea,l (average annual %)-0.5-0.4-0.5
    Urban populationa (% of total population)68.669.169.5c
    Urban population growth ratea,l (average annual %)-0.2-0.4...
    Fertility rate, totala,l (live births per woman)1.41.51.4
    Life expectancy at birtha,l (females/males, years)73.8 / 62.275.8 / 65.876.6 / 66.8
    Population age distributiona (0-14/60+ years old, %)14.1 / 21.015.3 / 22.216.0 / 23.6
    International migrant stocka (000/% of total pop.)4 818.8 / 10.54 915.1 / 10.94 964.3 / 11.3c
    Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)46.4m1 426.61 540.4n,c
    Infant mortality ratea,l (per 1 000 live births)12.68.87.2
    Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)6.86.9o7o,b
    Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)3.53p...
    Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)7.3q5.9p5.4b
    Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)99.1 / 98.5100.1 / 98.0p... / ...
    Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)94.4 / 96.7j95.0 / 96.9p... / ...
    Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)89.5 / 71.388.8 / 76.8p... / ...
    Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)4.36.3p6.2b
    Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)811.820.8r
    Environment and infrastructure indicators
    2010 2015 2020
    Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)23.348.962.6e
    Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)0.80.6s0.5s,e
    Threatened species (number)6187132
    Forested area (% of land area)16.516.716.7j,b
    CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)266.6 / 5.8187.6 / 4.2d171.3 / 3.8d,b
    Energy production, primary (Petajoules)3 2382 552d2 431d,b
    Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)12084d85d,b
    Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)21 20312 42814 104e
    Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)21.321.721.7c
    Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)45.9 / ...60.5 / ...65.8 / ...b
    Net Official Development Assist. receivedd (% of GNI)0.491.610.96e
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