“According to the survey, 50% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine is more moving to the development of democracy, at the same time 41% feel the movement to authoritarianism, and another 9% have not been determined. Source: Survey of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 2 – June 3, 2025: Sociologists noted that they did not have data for comparison, in particular, by 2022, but “most likely, the situation was either similar to the current or even worse (taking into account the correlation of this view).””, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Poll “Kyiv International Institute of Sociology” (KIIS) May 2 – June 3, 2025
Details: Sociologists noted that they did not have data for comparison, in particular, by 2022, but “most likely the situation was either similar to the current or even worse (given the correlation of this view with the attitude to power).”
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Also, the KIIS has published data on how the country’s development is evaluated by those who do not trust or trust President Vladimir Zelensky. In particular, among those who do not trust the President, the vast majority (82% in the case of those who do not trust at all, and 84% in the case of those who do not trust) believe that the country is moving to authoritarianism.
At the same time, those who trust the President are more optimistic about the development of the situation, but there are differentiation among them. Yes, among those who fully trust Zelensky, 76% talk about the movement to greater democracy and only 7% see the development of authoritarianism.
At the same time, among those who trust the President rather, 50% see the movement to democracy, and the proportion of those who sees the movement to authoritarianism reach 41%.
Ukraine is more likely to be more democracy/development of authoritarianism in the context of the President’s trust
Reference: Actually, the KIIS Omnibus survey on May 28 – June 3, 2025 was conducted by telephone interviews on the basis of a random sample of mobile telephone numbers (with accidental generation of telephone numbers and further statistical weighing) in all regions of Ukraine (government -controlled territory). In total, 1092 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed.
Formally, in normal circumstances, the statistical error of such sample (with a probability of 0.95 and taking into account the design effect 1.3) did not exceed 3.9% for indicators close to 50%, 3.4% for indicators close to 25%, 2.4% – for indicators close to 10%, 1.7% – for indicators.