Livability · rank 39/167
Is 🇺🇦 Ukraine (Kiev) a good place to live?
Quality score 78/100 against essentials of $523/month.
The five metrics
Internet 66 166.1 Mbps median broadband, 82.5% online
Safety 77 3.8 homicides/100k (2021)
Healthcare 80 UHC service coverage 80/100 (2023)
Air quality 90 PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -0.72 · corruption control -0.67 · stability -0.43 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $12.21 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $5.99/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($523) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 3.8× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 5.7× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 9.6× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇧🇾 Belarus — quality 74.1, essentials $499/mo
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria — quality 29.8, essentials $205/mo
- 🇸🇾 Syria — quality 40.4, essentials $258/mo
- 🇮🇳 India — quality 55.9, essentials $408/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Ukraine
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ukraine a good place to live for remote workers?
- Ukraine scores 78/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 166.1 Mbps, safety 77, healthcare 80, air quality 90; English not scored) — rank 39 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Ukraine?
- Median fixed broadband is around 166.1 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Ukraine?
- Single-person essentials run about $523/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (5.7× essentials).