Ukrstat lowers estimate of Ukraine's Q2 2026 GDP growth to 0.4% year-on-year
Ukraine's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.4% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with April-June 2025, according to an updated estimate released Wednesday by the State Statistics Service (Ukrstat), which had previously estimated growth at 0.6% in early August.
According to Ukraine's State Statistics Service (Ukrstat), the country's real GDP grew by 0.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. This update came after an earlier estimate of 0.6% growth in early August. The revised figure was based on refined operational data, including administrative data from the State Treasury, expanded balance of payments figures, and new information from financial corporations, insurance companies, pawnshops, the Pension Fund, and the Compulsory State Social Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Additionally, data from services statistics, particularly regarding postal and courier activities and telecommunications, contributed to the revised estimate. Meanwhile, nominal GDP in the second quarter of 2026 reached UAH 2.3057 trillion, up from UAH 2.0472 trillion in the first quarter. In contrast, Ukraine's real GDP contracted by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2026 and fell by 0.7% from the previous quarter.
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