Intent logo

Feb. 26, 2025, 8:59 p.m.

Ukrainian Local Well-Being Index 2024: Kherson Region Ranks Among Worst

Photo: Screenshot from Rating Lab

(Photo: Screenshot from Rating Lab)

The Rating Lab research laboratory has published a ranking of Ukrainian regions according to the Local Well-Being Index. The overall results indicate a deterioration in the quality of life in most regions, and Kherson region is among the worst performers.

This is stated on the laboratory's website

On a scale from -3 to +3, the overall well-being index in Ukraine in 2024 was -0.01. Kyiv (0.7), Kharkiv (0.4), and Lviv (0.3) regions have the best results. At the same time, Kherson region has one of the lowest scores (-1.1), behind only Kirovohrad region (-1.0) and Zaporizhzhia region (-0.6).

The main problems of Kherson region:

Despite all the difficulties, 51% of Kherson residents remain optimistic and believe in a better future for Ukraine. However, without significant changes in security, economy and social services, the situation can only get worse.

Earlier, a sociological survey was conducted in Kherson, which showed a low level of trust in the military administrations of Kherson and Kherson region.

The level of trust in the Kherson Regional Military Administration (RMA) was only 7%, in the police - 9%, and in the Kherson City Military Administration (MMA) - only 3%.

The journalists also found out the salaries of the heads of the Kherson regional and city military administrations in November. Thus, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration , Oleksandr Prokudin, received UAH 169,259. His salary amounted to just over 103 thousand hryvnias, the rest was bonuses and surcharges.

Prokudin's advisors earned much less: Kateryna Tsymbaliuk received UAH 28,812, Andriy Pasichnyk - UAH 38,704, and Oleh Kulakevych - UAH 49,275. The new councilor, Ihor Mytrofanov, who took office on November 5, earned UAH 11,774.

At the same time, the head of the Kherson City Military Administration, Roman Mrochko, received 55,207 hryvnias in November. Mrochko's salary is accrued as a military servant, as he was seconded from the Armed Forces, and payments are not made from the community budget.

Meanwhile, in the Kherson region, young professionals are planned to receive financial support for their work in the de-occupied territories.

Андрій Колісніченко

You might also like:

March 10, 2025

Kherson Official Mykhailo Lynetskyi Reports ₴ 1.6M Salary in 2024

March 13, 2025

Mykola Rizak's 2024 Earnings: ₴1.2M Despite Occupation in Tavriysk

Mykolaiv Health Department Head Iryna Tkachenko Earns ₴494K Salary in 2024

March 9, 2025

Mykola Yakovlev's 2024 Income: ₴1.3M Salary, Luxury Assets Revealed

March 8, 2025

Kherson Psychiatric Hospital Faces Crisis Over ₴70M Funding Shortfall

March 6, 2025

Kherson Region Allocates ₴528M for Defense in 2025 Amid Budget Cuts

March 12, 2025

Oleksandr Alchiev Declares ₴1.1M Salary and Family Assets in 2024

March 8, 2025

Russian Shelling Hits 45 Localities in Kherson, Injuring 5 People

March 12, 2025

Halyna Radchenko Declares ₴1.5M Salary and Real Estate Assets in 2024

March 14, 2025

Russian Shelling in Kherson Kills 1, Injures 9 Including Child

March 13, 2025

Tetiana Yushko Becomes Deputy Mayor of Kherson Amid Ongoing Captivity

March 14, 2025

Mykolaiv Region Sees Food Prices Rise 1.7% in February Amid Inflation

March 15, 2025

Shelling in Kherson Kills 2, Wounds 18 Including Teenager - March 14 Update

March 9, 2025

Russian Attacks in Kherson: 3 Dead, 9 Injured in March 8 Assault

Kherson Region Announces ₴238M in Tenders for Housing Repairs After russian Attacks