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The government has registered the draft budget for 2025. Revenues will amount to UAH 2 trillion, while expenses will be UAH 3.9 trillion. The largest expenditures are planned for social protection, healthcare, and education.
In 2025, the revenue side of Ukraine's budget will exceed UAH 2 trillion, and the expenditures of the general and special funds will amount to more than UAH 3.9 trillion. UNN writes about where and how the funds will go with reference to the draft law "On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2025" that the government registered in the Verkhovna Rada.
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In 2025, the state budget revenues will exceed UAH 2 trillion. In particular, the general fund's revenues will amount to UAH 2.095 trillion, and the special fund's revenues will amount to UAH 241 billion.
At the same time, budget expenditures will exceed UAH 3.9 trillion. Of this amount, the general fund will account for UAH 3.64 trillion, and the special fund will account for UAH 294.6 billion.
UAH 127.95 billion is allocated for social payments, which will be distributed among almost 4.5 million recipients. This includes an increase in the subsistence minimum for low-income families and a 5% increase in support. UAH 80.8 billion has been allocated for the social protection of people with disabilities in difficult life circumstances, and UAH 27.4 billion for assistance to children and families.
An additional UAH 42.3 billion is provided for housing subsidies and benefits for 2.8 million households. In addition, UAH 6.7 billion is allocated to support people with disabilities, including war veterans, and UAH 461.1 million for activities for children, such as recreation in camps.
Pension provision envisages expenditures of UAH 237.9 billion, which includes maintaining social standards and increasing revenues from the unified social tax.
Expenditures for the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs of Ukraine for 2025 are envisaged at UAH 5.783 billion, allocated to the following areas:
In 2025, UAH 5.640 billion will be allocated to support Ukrainian athletes in the international arena and develop sports diplomacy. Main areas of funding:
In addition, UAH 79.5 million was allocated for measures to popularize national values and engage almost 2 million young people in active participation in the country's recovery.
The draft State Budget of Ukraine for 2025 provides UAH 210.7 billion for healthcare. UAH 175 billion has been allocated for the medical guarantees program, which covers primary healthcare, emergency medical care, specialized medical care in outpatient clinics and hospitals, psychological support and psychiatric care, organ transplantation, palliative care and medical rehabilitation, and infertility treatment using reproductive technologies.
Funds are also provided for the following areas:
UAH 1.42 billion is also provided to support medical institutions that do not operate under the medical guarantees program, including UAH 377.6 million for the blood service. Expenditures for baby homes are excluded from this subvention.
Spending on education will amount to UAH 169.3 billion, namely:
UAH 9.57 billion was allocated for culture and media. This includes UAH 2.04 billion for theaters and artistic groups, and UAH 2.13 billion for cultural events and preservation of the national heritage. Programs for the preservation of national memory will receive UAH 33 million.
State aid for the purchase of books amounted to UAH 100 million. Distribution of Ukrainian-language cultural products - UAH 145.7 million. Protection of the national information space - UAH 205.4 million. Functioning of public media - UAH 3.69 billion.
Digitalization will cost the budget UAH 3.94 billion. This includes innovative projects for the security sector (BRAVE 1) - UAH 2.99 billion. Expansion of the Diia portal - UAH 480.6 million. Educational mobile application "Mriya" - UAH 200.5 million. Functioning of state electronic resources - UAH 133.6 million. UNITED 24 multimedia platform - UAH 96 million. Alcohol and tobacco circulation system - UAH 40.8 million.
UAH 14.03 billion was allocated for scientific and technical activities:
Expenditures on the judiciary will amount to UAH 25.75 billion, including UAH 21.67 billion for the general fund and UAH 4.08 billion for the special fund.
The coal industry will cost UAH 3.15 billion. These funds will be used to pay salaries to employees of coal mining companies, liquidate unpromising mines and carry out mine rescue operations.
Expenditures in the energy sector amounted to UAH 865.6 million. Of this amount, UAH 73.5 million was spent on the protection of nuclear facilities and UAH 792.1 million on the protection of financial reserves for decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
We have allocated funds for environmental protection. This includes the preservation of forests and nature reserves - UAH 371.2 million, support for environmental protection measures - UAH 80 million, and the mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol - UAH 1 million.
UAH 670.5 million has been allocated for the space industry. The funds will be used to develop satellite systems, monitor seismic conditions, and utilize rocket fuel.
Expenditures are also provided for:
Loans from the state budget in 2025 will amount to UAH 54.04 billion, of which UAH 16.21 billion will be provided from the general fund and UAH 37.83 billion from the special fund.
The budget deficit is expected to reach UAH 1.64 trillion. In particular, the deficit of the general fund will amount to UAH 1.55 trillion, and the deficit of the special fund will amount to UAH 91.13 billion.
In 2025, the state budget deficit is expected to reach 19.4 percent of GDP, including the general fund at 18.3 percent of GDP and the special fund at 1.1 percent of GDP.
Recall
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal spoke about the priorities of the draft state budget for 2025 . According to him, the priority is defense, for which at least UAH 2.22 trillion will be allocated, as well as social protection and support for the regions.