In the Past Six Months, the Number of Debts of Ukrainians Has Grown by Almost 15%

What debt categories have seen the fastest increase?

In the first six months of 2021, over 700,000 new debts appeared in the Unified Registry of Debtors of Ukraine.

The fastest-growing categories are as follows:

• Money recoveries—debts of individuals on loans and to companies or organizations—the number of these debts increased by 20.4% over six months (+244,000 debts)
• Debts for utility bills—they increased by 21.2% in six months (+73,000)
• Debts under the cases of administrative offenses—their number has grown by 19.6% (+158,000).

The largest categories by number are money recovery in favor of the state (25.8% of the total number)—1,510,788 debts; debts to banks, companies, and organizations—1,439,106 debts (24.6%); fines for road traffic violations—1,237,339 debts (21.2%).

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The main categories of money recoveries in the Unified Registry of Debtors in 2021 by number of debts

Money recovery in favor of the state	1,510,788	25.8%
Money recovery	1,439,106	24.6%
Collection of penalties under cases of administrative offenses related to road traffic safety	1,237,339	21.2%
Collection of penalties under cases of administrative offenses	964,976	16.5%
Debt collection for utility bills	417,577	7.1%
Recovery of child-support payments	191,503	3.3%
Other	87,720	1.5%

At the beginning of 2021, there were 5,103,269 debts in the Unified Registry of Debtors. In July, the number reached 5,849,009, which means that it has increased by almost 15%.

Being recorded in the Registry can inflict particular restrictions on the debtor, such as a ban on leaving the country, freezing money in bank accounts and prohibiting opening new ones, a ban on the sale or purchase of vehicles and real estate, and money recoveries from all official incomes.