Ukraine
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting regained independence, Ukraine has been struggling with enormous economic and sociopolitical challenges. Corruption, mismanagement, unemployment, and poverty are some of them. The Crimean annexation in 2014 and the Russian invasion in 2022 causing multiple victims and triggered a massive refugee movement.
FACTS & FIGURES
Capital: Kiev
Area: 603,550 km2
Population: 43.5 Mio.
Life expectancy: 73.5 years
Children mortality: 7.3 (per 1000)
Alphabetization: 99.8 %
Religions: Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, Jews
