Ukraine Has Lost Almost 2,5 Million Jobs Due to the War – United Nations

Ukrainian economy and labor market have been badly affected by the war. According to the recent report by the International Labor Organization (the special organization within the UN framework), employment in 2022 will be 15.5 per cent (2.4 million jobs) below the 2021, pre-conflict, level.

Still, this projection is not as low as the ILO’s estimate in April 2022, soon after the conflict began, that 4.8 million jobs would be lost.

The positive change is a consequence of the reduction in the number of areas of Ukraine under occupation or with active hostilities.

According to ILO, 10.4 per cent of the country’s total pre-war workforce are now refugees in other countries. This group of 1.6 million is overwhelmingly women, with many having worked previously in the education, health and social care sectors.

A recent survey found that, so far, 28 per cent of the Ukrainian refugees surveyed had found waged or self-employment in their host countries..

"The effects of the conflict are being felt in neighbouring countries’ labour markets which could lead to political and labour market destabilization in these countries. Further away, in Central Asia and globally, they are being reflected in higher and more volatile prices and increased food insecurity and poverty", the report reads.

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