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Over 2 million microloans taken out by Ukrainians in quarter

4 December , 2025  

Over UAH 13.7 billion has been borrowed by Ukrainians from microfinance organizations over the past three months, which is more than 2 million microloans. In total, 6.5 million microloans worth UAH 40 billion have been issued since the beginning of the year. The average amount of a microloan in Ukraine is UAH 6,417. In total, citizens currently owe more than UAH 25 billion to microcredit organizations. The amount of debt has increased by 26% since the beginning of the year.

Ukrainians took out 2,138,569 microloans in the third quarter. The quarter-on-quarter loan growth rate is slightly lower – about 2%. Over the past three months, more than UAH 13.7 billion has been borrowed from microcredit organizations.

In total, since the beginning of the year, microloans have been applied for more than 6 million times, with the total amount of loans amounting to more than UAH 40 billion.

Despite the fact that the number of microloans is decreasing, the average loan amount per quarter has increased. Currently, the average amount borrowed from MFIs is UAH 6,417. For comparison, at the beginning of the year, payday lenders borrowed UAH 5,773.

Microloans are not as well repaid: since the beginning of the year, the total amount of debt has increased by a quarter and reached UAH 25.15 billion.

Opendatabot analyzed the financial reporting data of microfinance organizations – among those that have already published this information – and compiled a rating of the country’s top 10 MFIs by income. The top ten in the first three quarters of 2025 was headed by UKR CREDIT FINANCE, which operates under the CreditKasa brand with a revenue of UAH 2.4 billion. For comparison, for the whole of last year, the company’s revenue amounted to UAH 4.2 billion. Credit plus (AVENTUS UKRAINE) is in second place with revenue of UAH 1.67 billion. The top three payday lenders are rounded out by ShvydkoGroshi (CONSUMER CENTER) with UAH 1.63 billion in revenue for the three quarters of this year.

https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/mfo-2025-9

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