Over a period of  January-May 2018 local budget revenues increased to UAH 89. 7 billion. The growth in revenues against the corresponding period last year amounted to 24.1% or UAH 17.39 billion. Increase of local budgets, against the corresponding period of last year, was observed in all regions of Ukraine: from UAH 180 million in Chernivtsi region to UAH 1.9 billion in Dnipropetrovsk region. The budget of the city of Kyiv grew by UAH 2.8 billion. Vice Prime Minister/ Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko posted in Facebook.

According to the Vice Prime Minister, the largest earnings-growth rates, against the corresponding period of last year, are observed in Poltava regions (+30.4%), Donetsk (+28.0%), Sumy(+27.9%) and Ternopil (+27. 0%) regions.

Local budgets of 665 consolidated communities for the corresponding period have soared by 64.8%, or by UAH 2.9 billion. The average income showing per capita in the consolidated communities increased  from UAH 802,2  to UAH 1322,1 (+UAH 519,9).