Deep poverty has increased 7 times in Ukraine

In some areas, the situation has not changed.

In Ukraine, the depth has increased seven times povertythat is, there are more people who are actually on the verge of physiological survival.

This was stated by Ludmila Cherenko, doctor of economic sciences, head of the department of research on the standard of living of the population of the Institute of Demography and Social Research, on the air of “Kyiv24”.

“In general, poverty in our country increased almost twice during the two years of the full-scale war. Poverty has increased noticeably in the northern regions – Chernihiv, Sumy. In such regions as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro – there the level of poverty has not increased so significantly,” the expert noted. .

Kyiv, Transcarpathia and Chernivtsi region — have the lowest poverty rates.

Earlier, the World Bank reported that due to the full-scale invasion of Russia, the number of Ukrainians living below the poverty line has increased…