Taxes, fees, and mandatory payments to the general and special funds of Ukraine’s state budget amounted to UAH 2.71 trillion over the first nine months of 2025, while cash expenditures amounted to UAH 3.63 trillion, which is approximately 25.0% and 22.1% higher than the corresponding figures for the first nine months of 2024.
According to operational data from the State Treasury Service, which the Ministry of Finance published on its website, general fund revenues increased by 24.5% to UAH 1.92 trillion, while expenditures increased by 20.4% to UAH 2.82 trillion.
In September this year, state budget revenues increased by 28.7% compared to September last year, to UAH 298.5 billion, including the general fund – by 69.6%, to UAH 208.4 billion. This is due to the receipt of grants worth UAH 53.9 billion last month, while in September 2024 there were none.
It is noted that the largest source of revenue in January-September this year remains VAT on goods imported into the customs territory of Ukraine – UAH 390.3 billion (UAH 342.3 billion in the first nine months of 2024).
After raising the military tax from 1.5% to 5% and introducing a condition for reserving a salary of UAH 20,000 this year, personal income tax and military tax moved from fourth to second place in terms of revenue for the first nine months of this year – UAH 260.9 billion compared to UAH 154.7 billion last year.
In third place this year is VAT on goods produced in Ukraine – UAH 231.6 billion for refunds of UAH 131.2 billion (UAH 197.6 billion for refunds of UAH 109.7 billion), while corporate income tax amounted to UAH 219.7 billion (UAH 200.9 billion) and fell to fourth place, with excise tax almost catching up with it at UAH 210.5 billion (UAH 150.9 billion).
In addition, dividends and parts of the net profit of state-owned companies amounted to UAH 64.5 billion (UAH 66.6 billion), import and export duties – UAH 40.0 billion (UAH 35.7 billion), and rent payments for the use of subsoil resources – UAH 31.5 billion (UAH 36.3 billion).
The Ministry of Finance added that another UAH 84.2 billion (UAH 38.6 billion) was added to the budget from the National Bank’s profits, and grants amounted to UAH 308.8 billion (UAH 268.3 billion).
Revenues from the unified social tax to pension and social insurance funds in January-September 2025 increased by 21.9% to UAH 479.2 billion, including in September by 19.3% to UAH 55.7 billion.
The Ministry of Finance also reported that as part of the financing of the general fund of the state budget, state borrowings to it in January-September 2025 amounted to UAH 1.32 trillion, or 92.9% of the plan, including UAH 382.3 billion received on the domestic market from the placement of government bonds (UAH 390.8 billion for the first nine months of 2024), including UAH 90.1 billion in foreign currency – $1.44 billion and EUR 638.3 million. At the same time, UAH 172.0 billion was raised through the issuance of military government bonds.
According to the release, approximately $22.6 billion or UAH 938.1 billion was received from external sources, including approximately $14.5 billion under the ERA, with the total volume of this mechanism amounting to $50 billion.
In addition, Ukraine received another EUR 6.14 billion from the EU under the Ukraine Facility preferential long-term loan, $0.96 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and $0.26 billion from the World Bank for the projects “Transforming Health Care through Reform and Investment in Efficiency” (THRIVE), “Creating Resilient Infrastructure in Vulnerable Environments in Ukraine” (DRIVE), and “Modernization of the Social Support System for the Population of Ukraine.”
Payments on the repayment of public debt for January-September 2025 amounted to UAH 450.9 billion, or 95.4% of the plan, and payments on servicing amounted to UAH 246.3 billion, or 96.3% of the plan.
As reported, the 2025 state budget was approved with revenues of UAH 2 trillion 327.1 billion, including the general fund – UAH 2 trillion 133.3 billion (excluding grants and international assistance), and expenditures of UAH 3 trillion 929.1 billion, including the general fund – UAH 3 trillion 591.6 billion. At the end of July, the Verkhovna Rada, at the government’s suggestion, increased this year’s budget expenditures by UAH 400.5 billion and revenues by UAH 147.5 billion, but in October, the government again proposed to increase defense expenditures by another UAH 317 billion.
In 2024, the state budget received UAH 3 trillion 120.5 billion in revenues, which is UAH 448 billion, or 16.8%, more than the 2023 state budget. The general fund’s revenue growth amounted to UAH 513.9 billion, or 30.9%, to UAH 2 trillion 177 billion, in particular, international financial assistance in the form of grants amounted to UAH 453.6 billion compared to UAH 433.9 billion in 2023.
State budget expenditures in 2024 increased by UAH 464.5 billion, or 11.6%, compared to 2023, to UAH 4 trillion 479.3 billion, in particular, under the general fund – by 15%, or UAH 454.5 billion – to UAH 3 trillion 488.8 billion.
