Economic History
After thier independence on August 1991, the government libralized most prices and set up a legal framework for privitization. Wide spread resistance in the government lead to some back tracking and by 1999 had fallen to 40% of the 1991 level. It was weak to external factors as it before relied on Russia for power supplies heavily and its weak structure of government. In January 2009, Ukraine signed a 10 year agreement with russia.
GDP
Purchasing power parity: $305.2 billion
Exchange rate: $136.4 billion
Real Growth rate: 4.2%
Per Capita: $6,700
Composition by sector:
Agriculture is 9%
Industry is 33.6%
services is 57%
