Absolute majority of citizens consider Ukraine successful country

More than 80% of Ukrainians consider Ukraine a successful country: 42% – definitely so, 40% – rather so.

Oleksiy Antypovych, director of the Sociological Group “Rating”, said this during the presentation of the research "Resilience during the war and in the post-war period: what Ukrainians rely on", an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"The absolute majority of Ukrainians consider Ukraine a successful country: 42% – definitely so, 40% – rather so. In total, it is 82%," Antypovych said.

At the same time, 16% say that Ukraine is not successful: 12% – rather not, 4% – not at all.

According to Ukrainians, the main signs of a successful country are strong army (56%), developed economy (35%), rule of law (34%), unity of society (34%), social protection of citizens (19%), international authority (19 %), modern science and technology (16%), political stability (16%), egalitarian society (15%), strong democratic institutions (14%), national idea (11%).

Also, according to the poll results, 77% of respondents believe that the priority directions of the state's development after the war should be the defense of the state: military industry, strengthening the borders, reforming the army. In addition, 70% called social protection of the population a priority: salary/pension growth, health care access, material assistance to the poor; 44% – innovations in the state: new technologies, energy saving, science and education.

The research was conducted by the Sociological Group “Rating” on behalf of the National Platform for Resilience and Social Cohesion on June 6-11 by computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) among the population of Ukraine over the age of 18 in the entire territory with the exception of the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas. A total of 1,200 respondents were interviewed.