Religiosity in Ukraine: the number of believers has decreased since the beginning of the full-scale war
Kyiv • UNN
A sociological study showed a decline in the number of believers in Ukraine from 74% in 2022 to 68% in 2024. In the west of the country, the number of believers is 85%, in the east - 55%.
Ukrainian society demonstrates a fairly high level of religiosity, but recent studies show a decline in the number of those who consider themselves believers in 2023-2024. This was announced by Mykhailo Mishchenko, Deputy Director of Sociologists at the Razumkov Center, during a briefing, according to a correspondent of UNN.
Ukrainian society demonstrates a fairly high level of religiosity. As of the end of 2010, compared to 2000, the number of citizens who recognized themselves as believers increased from 58% to 71%. Subsequently, this share stabilized and until 2020 fluctuated around 70%
According to studies conducted after the start of the hybrid war in 2014 and after the start of a full-scale war in 2022, an increase in the number of those who consider themselves believers is recorded.
Thus, according to Mishchenko, in 2022, with the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression, the number of those who called themselves believers increased to 74%. However, just like shortly after the start of the hybrid war in 2014, in the following years there was a slight decrease in the number of those who consider themselves believers.
"While in 2022 there were 74% of such believers, according to a survey in 2024, their share was already 68%," Mishchenko said.
He also emphasized that significant regional differences in the level of religiosity remain in Ukraine. Thus, in the west of the country, 85% of people recognize themselves as believers, while in the east this figure is reduced to 55%.
Addition
The survey involved 2,017 respondents aged 18 and older. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.