Russia vs Ukraine

Russia vs Ukraine: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 1% a year in Russia and 1.8% a year in Ukraine, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Russia.

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% a year · IMF

Russia vs Ukraine: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 1% a year in Russia and 1.8% a year in Ukraine, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Russia.
RussiaUkraineIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Ukraine has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Russia ranked 122 and Ukraine ranked 106 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Russia at 1% a year and Ukraine at 3.6% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearRussiaUkraine
202511.8
20244.93.2
20234.15.5
2022-1.4-28.8
20215.93.4
2020-2.7-3.8
20192.23.2
20182.83.5
20171.82.4
20160.22.4
2015-2-9.8
20140.7-10
20131.80
201240.2
201145.4
20104.54.1
2009-7.8-15.1
20085.22.2
20078.68.2
20068.27.6
20056.43.1
20047.111.8
20037.49.5
20024.75.3
20015.18.8
200010.15.9
19996.3-0.2
1998-5.3-1.9
19971.4-3
1996-3.6-10
1995-4.1-12.2
1994-12.7-22.9
1993-8.7-14.2
1992–-9.9
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearRussiaUkraine
20260.91
20270.93.5
202814.2
202913.9
203013.7
203113.6

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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