What every visitor should know about Ukraine:

Money
The currency is the Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH). 1 UAH is worth about US$0.13, or €0.09.
Crime
CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 3.5 out of 5 (Safe)

Areas of concern:

  • Credit-card fraud
  • Mugging
  • Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
  • Armed robbery is rare but occurs
Capital
Kyiv (Kiev)
Tap water
Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.

Ukraine facts and figures:

People

Population
45,700,395
Language
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
Ethnicity
Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8%

Economy

GDP
US$6,900 (per capita)
Income equality
High
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