Almost 50% of Mykolaiv residents believe that the economy in Ukraine will deteriorate during the year

Almost half of Mykolaiv residents believe that the economic situation in Ukraine will worsen in the next 12 months.

This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Sociological Group «Rating» on behalf of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in April-May 2024, NikVesti writes.

28% of Mykolaiv residents believe that the economic situation will deteriorate somewhat during the year, and 19% think that its level will drop significantly. 16% of city residents hope that the economy will improve. Almost a quarter, 23% of Mykolaiv residents think that the economy will remain at the previous level, another 15% are undecided and could not answer.

In neighboring Odessa, the level is different. Thus, 61% of the city's residents believe that the economic situation will get worse — this is almost the highest indicator among all regions of the country. Only 12% of Odessa residents believe that the level will improve, and 17% — will remain at the same level. One in ten respondents could not decide on an answer.

Among all regions of Ukraine, the city of Lutsk believes most in the improvement of the economic situation in the state with 21%, while 65% of residents of Rivne believe the opposite. Residents of Khmelnytskyi and Zhytomyr most of all believe that the economic situation will remain at the previous level.

The survey was not conducted in the temporarily occupied territories and Kherson.

Survey of residents of Mykolaiv in 2023

Last year, a survey by the Sociological Group «Rating» commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) showed that 92% of Mykolaiv residents are proud to be residents of this city. Most of them answered that they do not plan to leave the city in case of a military escalation.

The survey also showed that almost half of the residents of Mykolaiv (47%) assess the condition of bomb shelters in the city as terrible or bad.

Last year, Mykolaiv residents also responded that they approve of the activities of Vitalii Kim, the head of the RMA. The level of positive attitude towards the administration is the highest among the cities of Ukraine. Attitudes toward Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych were almost equally divided among those interviewed.

About 56% of Mykolaiv residents also answered that their family's economic situation has worsened over the past 12 months. At the same time, 13%, on the contrary, note an improvement.

An analytical survey in 2024 showed that 18% of Mykolaiv residents do not know whether they will leave the city in the event of another Russian offensive to the south, and 43% of Mykolaiv residents believe that things in the city are going in the wrong direction.

Also, the approval rating of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration decreased from 73% in 2023 to 48% in 2024. And 36% of locals approve of the activities of the Mykolayiv mayor.