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

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:

• Psychological comfort: The level of emotional state of the population is -0.5, which indicates a high level of stress.
• Economy: The worst result in the country (-2.0), indicating a lack of jobs and business problems.
• Infrastructure: Poor roads, housing conditions and a decline in cultural life (-0.5).
• Security: Residents feel the least secure among all regions (-1.2).
• Education and healthcare: The lowest level of accessibility and quality of services (-1.0).

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