State Statistics: Salary debts in Ukraine in February grew by 4.6%
These are the findings of the Ukrainian State Statistics Service.
In particular, the bulk of wage debts were seen in the industry – 75.1% and in the scientific and technical sphere – 9.7%. More than a half of these arrears were recorded in Donetsk region – 27%, Luhansk region 15.2%, Kharkiv region – 10%.
As to the regions, the highest level of salary debts was recorded in Rivne region, it grew by three times. In Khmelnitsky salary debts grew by 68.3%, in Cherkasy region - by 44%, in Luhansk - by 14.2%, in Zaporizhzhia - by 5.9%, in Ivano-Frankivsk – by 5.8%, in Dnipropetrovsk – by 5.6%, in Kyiv and region – by 12.3%.
The lowest level of salary debts was seen In Zakarpattia region – 4.2%.
At the same time, in Chernivtsi region salary debts in February decreased by 67.2%, in Ternopil region – by 54.5%, in Volyn region – by 42%, in Poltava region – by 8.1%, in Sumy region – by 4.7%, in Kherson region – by 4.6%, in Chernihiv region – by 3.4%, and in Lviv region – by 3%.
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