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🇺🇦 Ukraine
Upper middle income. Capital Kiev. Mid-pack GDP/cap (UMC · LONG) across 42 World Bank / WHO / ILO measures.
- 37.9 million
- Population
- $190.8 billion
- GDP
- $5,392
- GDP / capita
- 74.7 years
- Life expectancy
Mid-pack GDP/cap · LONG
Ukraine ranks 57th of 217 by total GDP and 110th for life expectancy - a upper middle income economy in Europe & Central Asia.
- #57
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $5,392
- GDP per capita
- #110
- Life-expectancy rank
- #41
- Population rank
Ukraine sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#135 of 214) as a UMC economy with LONG longevity.
Ukraine vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$190,833,835,445 57th of 214 higher than 157 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
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Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
Ukraine on the global income map
Ukraine (UKR) mid GDP/cap pack - GDP per capita × life expectancy vs largest peers; gold rings = OECD.
- Ukraine: GDP per capita $5,392 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
Ukraine has a population of 37.9 million, making it the 41st-most populous country out of 217 tracked in Europe & Central Asia.
Its economy totals $190.8 billion - ranked 57th globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $5,392, placing it in the Upper middle income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 74.7 years (ranked 110th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Kiev.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 5 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series Ukraine does report.
All indicators for Ukraine
42 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Among external causes, Ukraine stamps a suicide rate of 61.4 per 100,000 (fleet midpoint 23.3) - higher relative to peers than its NCD strip. Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
⛏️ Mineral Production
Ukraine is among the world's top producers of 3 minerals. View all minerals →
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024. Data year 2023.
Compare Ukraine with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with Ukraine
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for Ukraine (UMC · LONG), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
UMC LONG
Samoa · UMC
Samoa GDP/cap $5,393 is higher by $1 than Ukraine; LE stamp LONG vs LONG.
El Salvador · UMC
El Salvador GDP/cap $5,503 is higher by $111 than Ukraine; LE stamp LONG vs LONG.
Iran, Islamic Rep. · UMC
Iran, Islamic Rep. GDP/cap $5,190 is lower by $201 than Ukraine; LE stamp PEAK vs LONG.
Cabo Verde · UMC
Cabo Verde GDP/cap $5,170 is lower by $221 than Ukraine; LE stamp LONG vs LONG.
Europe & Central Asia WDI roster
Ukraine stamps UMC · LONG inside Europe & Central Asia - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#135)
Ukraine ranks #135 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the UMC Atlas band.
What the data says about Ukraine
Ukraine is classified as an upper-middle-income economy, a tier where statistical capacity, and therefore data completeness, varies more widely than in high-income countries, so a missing or older data point on this profile usually reflects reporting lag rather than an absence of the underlying activity. Output and income figures are reported at market exchange rates in current dollars, which means currency depreciation or appreciation can shift the headline numbers for a small economy like this one even when the real economy is barely moving. Because these economies are also the ones most likely to shift income tier within a decade, the trend over several years usually tells a more useful story than any single year's value.
Ukraine sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#135 of 214) as a UMC economy with LONG longevity.
Ukraine holds 37.9 million people and $190.8 billion GDP (57th) at $5,392 per person - mid GDP/cap band, UMC, LE 74.7 years (110th, LONG). 42 WDI/WHO/ILO cells fill the topic blocks.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Samoa at $5,393 (Δ $1). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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