Growth in capital investment in Ukraine in January-March 2025 compared to the same period in 2024 slowed to 32.5% from 48.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the State Statistics Service.
According to the State Statistics Service, UAH 123.8 billion in capital investments were disbursed in the first quarter of this year.
The main source of financing for capital investments in January-March 2025 remains the own funds of enterprises and organizations, which accounted for 77.1% of the total volume.
The State Statistics Service specifies that the share of the state budget was 3.5%, the population’s funds for housing construction – 6.5%, local budgets – 2.7%, bank and other borrowed funds – 4.7%, and foreign investors’ funds – only 0.3%.
A significant share of capital investments was spent on machinery and equipment (36.8%), engineering structures (18.2%), and transport vehicles (10.7%) of all investments.
According to the State Statistics Service, capital investments grew the most during the period in question in the transport, warehousing, postal, and courier services sectors, increasing 2.4 times to UAH 15.7 billion, in agriculture, increasing 46.9% to UAH 13.6 billion, and in industry, increasing 25% to UAH 48.7 billion.
In wholesale and retail trade, capital investment grew by 55.8% to UAH 11.3 billion, in legal and accounting activities – by 46.1% to UAH 0.46 billion, in information and telecommunications – by 42% to UAH 5.5 billion, in real estate transactions – 2.4 times, to UAH 3.7 billion.
It is noted that in the field of professional, scientific, and technical activities, growth amounted to 16.3%, to UAH 1.1 billion, in financial and insurance activities – 79.4%, to UAH 4.5 billion, in construction – 14%, to 10.5 billion UAH, in state administration and defense – 31.4%, to 61 billion UAH, in education – 97.8%, to 0.2 billion UAH, in healthcare – 52.4%, to 2.6 billion UAH.
According to the statistics office, capital investments in Ukraine in 2024 increased by 35.1% compared to 2023 and amounted to UAH 534.4 billion.
