Ukraine
Eastern Partnership · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EaP | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 52.8 | 32 | 38.9 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 40.2 | 40 | 44.4 | 62.8 | 8 / 20 |
| Legal | 20.8 | 43 | 33.2 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 48.1 | 38 | 52.5 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 33.6 | 41 | 36.7 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 39.1 | 43 | 41.1 | 66.2 | 35 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 National Strategy for Promoting the Development of Civil Society in Ukraine 2021-2026 (Presidential Decree 487/2021), Section V.3 · source | 2/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Responsibility spread across bodies implementing the Civil Society Strategy 2021-2026; Ministry of Economy (SME policy); no dedicated SE unit · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 none found | 0/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 none (definition proposed in Draft Law 14156) · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Draft Law No. 14156 amending the SME Law on social entrepreneurship (registered 27 Oct 2025) — draft only · source | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Ukrainian Social Venture Fund, School of Mindful Entrepreneurship (School of ME), SILab Ukraine, donor programmes · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 EU 'Collaborate for Impact' (2020-2025, partner SILab; 2022 Rapid Response Grant Programme for SEs); EU4Youth Phase III START (SE in 8 youth centres, 2024-2025); EU4Youth EUnlocking (MD/UA) · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 none SE-specific (general eRobota grants, 5-7-9 loans accessible to SE-type businesses) · source | 0/2 |
Policy composite 27.1 of 100 (mean of the eight codes). No SE law or definition at end-2025 (Bill 14156 registered Oct 2025), but SE is an explicit task in the 2021-2026 civil society strategy; the ecosystem is NGO- and EU-donor-driven.
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Ukraine: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/ukraine/