Short facts about Ukraine
About
Ukraine, The Ukranian Goverment Portal
Official
Name: Ukraine (Ukrayina)
Previous
Names: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic
Inhabitants:
48,2 millon
Capital:
Kyiv
Government
Type: Republic.
Flag adopted:
3
September 1996
Coat of
Arms adopted: 3 September 1996
President:
Viktor
Yuschenko
Prime Minister:
Yuliya Tymoshenko (for the 2nd time in June 2006)
Number
of citizens: 49,7 millions (2000)
Ethnic
groups: 73 % Ukrainian, 22 % Russian, 0,7 % Jewish, 0,9 % Belarusian,
Rumanian, Moldavan, Bulgarian, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Tatar etc.
Main Languages:
Ukranian
(official) and Russian
Areal:
603
700 sqkm (1.5 times Sweden)
Religion:
Ortodox
but minor groups of catholics, jews and muslims.
Currency:
Hryvnia
(1 Hryvnia = 1.50 SEK)
Natural
resources: Coal, uranium, iron, manganese.
Most important
export products: iron, steel, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals,
food supplies (1999)
Gross National
Product: 1366 US dollar, 614 US dollar (1999)
Membership
in internationell organisations: BSEC, Council
of Europe, UN, IMF,
EACP, OSS, OSCE, Partnership for Peace
etc
Main salary:
600
SEK/month = 430 Hryvnia
Expected
life length: Men 65 years, women 75 years
Some comments:
- On
corruption: Today Ukraine differs from other developed European democracies.
According to "Transparency
International Index" Ukraine was ranked to 106 out of an 133 sized
index in 2003. 2005 it was ranked to 107 out of an 158 sized index.
The following
countries had then the same index value:
Belarus
2.6 1.9 - 3.8 5
Eritrea
2.6 1.7 - 3.5 3
Honduras
2.6 2.2 - 3.0 7
Kazakhstan
2.6 2.2 - 3.2 6
Nicaragua
2.6 2.4 - 2.8 7
Palestine
2.6 2.1 - 2.8 3
Ukraine
2.6 2.4 - 2.8 8
Vietnam
2.6 2.3 - 2.9 10
Zambia
2.6 2.3 - 2.9 7
Zimbabwe
2.6 2.1 - 3.0 7
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