Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.)
Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language
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Income share held by lowest 20% | 8 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 |
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 60 | 35 | 29 | 22 |
Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) | .. | 72 | 66 | .. |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) | 100 | 100 | 100 | .. |
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) | 19 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) | .. | 4.1 | .. | .. |
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) | 90 | 99 | 56 | 93 |
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) | 100 | 96 | 96 | .. |
School enrollment, primary (% gross) | 112.4 | 113.2 | 98.8 | .. |
School enrollment, secondary (% gross) | 94 | 102 | 96 | .. |
School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1 |
Environment | ||||
Forest area (sq. km) (thousands) | 92.7 | 95.1 | 95.5 | 96.9 |
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) | .. | .. | .. | 3.9 |
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) | 47.2 | 30.9 | 23.4 | 15.7 |
Urban population growth (annual %) | 0.3 | -0.9 | -0.3 | -0.4 |
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) | 4,857 | 2,721 | 2,887 | .. |
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) | 13.27 | 6.05 | 5.87 | 4.15 |
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) | 4,788 | 2,778 | 3,550 | .. |