“The official subsistence minimum in Ukraine is 2-3 thousand UAH. Now is much smaller than real. You can solve the problem by refusing this definition of poverty. Darius Marchak said this in an interview with Radio Liberty. She acknowledged that the size of the subsistence minimum is significantly different from the real one, which, according to the calculations, should be”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The official subsistence minimum in Ukraine is 2-3 thousand UAH. Now is much smaller than real. You can solve the problem by refusing this definition of poverty.
About it in an interview Radio Liberty “The first Deputy Ministers of Social Policy Darius Marchak said.
She acknowledged that The size of the subsistence minimum is significantly different from the real, which, according to the calculations, should be at least twice as much. Therefore, in her opinion, there is a need to reform the very concept of this indicator.
Appropriate with Aconological initiative has already been submitted to Parliament, but The government understands that the change will be long.
“ And so now we propose at all at this stage to be removed. That is, we need to use another indicator now that will be an indicator that the family has fallen or failed ” – said Marchak.
As of July 2025, the subsistence minimum is:
- Total indicator: 2920 UAH per month
- For able -bodied persons: 3028 UAH
- For children under 6 years: 2563 UAH
- For children 6–18 years: 3196 UAH
- For persons who have lost their ability to work: 2361 UAH.
Earlier we wrote that in the project of the budget declaration for 2026-2028 There is an increase subsistence minimum for disabled persons (minimum age pension) from UAH 2 361 to UAH 2 564.
An experimental replacement project has begun in Ukraine Dozens of social types Payments with one type of care – basic social assistance.
