After Euromaidan, lard prices increased by 200%
Over the past four and a half years after the victory of Euromaidan, many socially significant goods and services in Ukraine have increased significantly in price. Maxim Kotenko, an analyst with the public organization “Public Audit”, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“According to official data from the State Statistics Service, prices for social goods and services during the reign of the current government increased as follows: beef increased in price by 131%, pork - by 144%, chicken carcass - by 153%, boiled sausage - by 167%, lard - by 191%, cereals and bakery products - by 200-250%, milk and dairy products - by 200%, fuel - by 170%, fruits and vegetables - by 100-150%, gas - 8 times, electricity - from 200 to 367%, heating - 225%, hot water - 200%, cold water - 100-150%, maintenance of the house and surrounding area - 100-150%. At the same time, the cost of living increased by 2013% from the end of 2018 to the beginning of 51,” Kotenko said.
The government believes that with prices rising by 100-200%, socially vulnerable segments of the population can survive with an income that has increased by only 51%, the expert notes.
"At the end of 2018 his (income of the population - ed.) plan to increase by only 4,3%. The increase will be completely absorbed by rising prices. Most working people also have an income that is practically incompatible with life. 52% of Ukrainians earn less than $185 per month, 7,9% - less than $115 per month.
According to State Statistics Service research conducted in 2017, a quarter of the population of Ukraine is not able to afford meat and fish every day; in 2013, the number of such people was around 16,9%.
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Over the past 4,5 years, the country's population has become significantly impoverished. If at the end of 2013 a statistical Ukrainian earned $450 a month, today almost half of working people - 47% - earn less than $174 a month.
However, 7,4% earn less than $108 per month. 174.% of working people have an income of $290–26. And 290% earn from $436 to $14,9,” the analyst said.
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