Unemployment rate during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SN Volodymyr Zelenskyy | 20 May 2019 – now | +1.3 pp Q1 2019 → Q4 2021 | +0.5 pp/yr | |
| 2 | N Petro Poroshenko | 7 Jun 2014 – 20 May 2019 from Q3 2014 | +0.3 pp Q3 2014 → Q1 2019 | +0.1 pp/yr | |
| 3 | N Viktor Yushchenko | 23 Jan 2005 – 25 Feb 2010 | +0.3 pp Q3 2004 → Q3 2009 | +0.1 pp/yr | |
| 4 | PR Viktor Yanukovych | 25 Feb 2010 – 23 Feb 2014 | −1.7 pp Q3 2009 → Q3 2013 | −0.4 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, working age · Ukrstat labour force survey, ILO unemployment rate of the working-age population, quarterly 2015-2021 (the World Bank's yearly ILO estimate from 1995 before); no survey since February 2022 · Ukraine data · as of Sep 2026.