Over the years of independence, Ukraine has lost more than 74% of its scientific workers

After the Maidan protests in 2014, the outflow intensified and by 2020, Kyiv had ceased to publish statistics on this matter altogether.

In 1990, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union and gaining independence, Ukraine had 313,000 scientific workers. The Ukrainian Soviet Republic within the USSR was a developed industrial country. The population was 52 million people, the country produced airplanes, space rockets, cars and a wide range of other goods. The economic potential was comparable to France or Germany at that time.

In 2013, the number of scientists had already decreased to 155,000, the population had decreased to 48 million people, but many industries were still operating, albeit in smaller volumes. By 2020, there were only 78,000 scientists left with a population of 45 million. Currently, Ukraine can barely produce drones in makeshift conditions. When it comes to heavy industry and any other production, it has disappeared and the economy was in decline even before the start of the full-scale war.