yet tying themselves to the west got their GDP per capita on purchase power parity basis from slightly higher than Russia’s in 1990 to about half of Russia’s just before the war.
In fact just before the war the purchasing power of the average personal income in Ukraine ranks dead last in entire Europe, and world wide it is comparable to such underdeveloped states as Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Libya.
By all measures, Ukraine economic performance had been calamitous, even if we were to ignore the natural resources and soviet bequeathed infrastructure.
In fact just before the war the purchasing power of the average personal income in Ukraine ranks dead last in entire Europe, and world wide it is comparable to such underdeveloped states as Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Libya.
By all measures, Ukraine economic performance had been calamitous, even if we were to ignore the natural resources and soviet bequeathed infrastructure.
