The cost of living in Ukraine
The cost of living in Ukraine is growing faster than wages
According to experts, the salary of Ukrainians are hopelessly behind rising prices for food and other essentials. So, for the year the cost of living rose by a third, and the size of salaries increased by only 11%.
Salaries are hopelessly behind and, according to experts, it is difficult to imagine when they can get a push for a further growth.
It is clear that prices in different cities of our country are very different. If we take the cost of the food portion of the consumer basket, then, according to the State Statistics Committee:
The most expensive meals are in Odessa and Kiev - 455.3 and 448.95 hryvnia hryvnia respectively.
In Donetsk - 438.53 hryvnia, in the Dnipropetrovsk region - 403.19 hryvnia,
In Kherson - 400 hryvnia.
The cheapest - in the Volyn region - 379 hryvnia per month.
At the food basket we need to add the average monthly cost of gasoline for one car and the cost of utilities for a two-bedroom apartment - what is the baseline cost and the average Ukrainian - it turns out that the whole life in the country has risen by almost 31% these last five years.
The average cost of a small apartment, suitable for life, starts in Kiev from 2.5-3 million hryvnia.
Renting apartments in Odessa can be only 2.5 million hryvnia for a one-bedroom apartment. In Lviv, the price level is about the same as Odessa - 2-2,5 thousand hryvnia for a modest apartment; about 3-3.5 hryvnia for a decent apartment.