Absolute majority of citizens consider Ukraine successful country

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.