As of January 1, wage arrears in Ukraine amounted to UAH 2,645.1 million, up by 11.7% YoY, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has reported.
Among the leaders in terms of wage arrears were Luhansk region (UAH 505.9 million), Donetsk region (UAH 467.3 million) and Sumy region (UAH 275.3 million).
The lowest salary debts as of January 1, were recorded in Chernivtsi region (UAH 139 thousand), Zakarpattia region (UAH 3.16 million) and Zhytomyr region (UAH 6.3 million).
As reported, according to the State Statistics Service, wage arrears in Ukraine as of January 1, 2018 totaled UAH 2,368.4 million, up by 32.2% YoY. (Ukrinform/Business World Magazine)