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Ukraine
National
name:
Ukrayina
Languages: Ukrainian 67%, Russian 24%, Romanian, Polish,
Hungarian
Ethnicity/race: Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belorussian
0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%,
Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%,
other 1.8% (2001)
Religions: Ukrainian Orthodox (Kiev Patriarchate 19%, Moscow
Patriarchate 9%, no particular division 16%), Ukrainian
Greek Catholic 6%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 2%,
Protestant, Jewish, none 38% (2004)
Literacy
rate:
100% (2003 est.)
Economic
summary:
GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $294.3 billion; per capita
$6,400. Real growth rate: –14.1%. Inflation:
12.3%. Unemployment: 4.8% officially
registered; large number of unregistered or
underemployed workers; International Labor Organization
est.: 7%. Arable land: 54%. Agriculture:
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables; beef,
milk. Labor force: 21.58 million (2007 est.);
industry 32%, agriculture 24%, services 44% (1996).
Industries: coal, electric power, ferrous and
nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment,
chemicals, food processing (especially sugar).
Natural resources: iron ore, coal, manganese,
natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium,
magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land.
Exports: $41.49 billion (2009 est.): ferrous and
nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products,
chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food
products. Imports: $45.58 billion (2009 est.):
energy, machinery and equipment, chemicals. Major
trading partners: Russia, Germany, Turkey, Italy,
U.S., Turkmenistan (2004).
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