Ukraine's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 122.45 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 159.26% from 47.23 billion in 2015 (10% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 122.45 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -188.64 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 47.23 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 148.58 billion | 2016 |
| Lowest | -188.64 billion | 2020 |
| Average since 2016 | 14.26 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 189,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ukraine's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 65.92 billion on 2024 (from 56.53 billion to 122.45 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.84 billion and a typical year strayed about 76.71 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 255.92 billion in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 142.62 billion in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Ukraine had the 24th highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Ukraine in the 2025 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 21st of 109: 215 billion
- Hungary — 22nd of 109: 180.62 billion
- Niger — 23rd of 109: 130.43 billion
- Morocco — 25th of 109: 83.87 billion
- Mauritania — 26th of 109: 80.64 billion
- Burkina Faso — 27th of 109: 74.62 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 35 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 122,450,000,000 |
| 2024 | 56,533,000,000 |
| 2023 | -122,570,000,000 |
| 2022 | 11,357,000,000 |
| 2021 | 67,284,000,000 |
| 2020 | -188,638,000,000 |
| 2019 | -109,898,000,000 |
| 2018 | 32,721,000,000 |
| 2017 | 124,730,000,000 |
| 2016 | 148,581,000,000 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 15.01 billion (2024)
- Armenia — 316.33 billion (2025)
- Austria — 679.52 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 3.35 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 5.85 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 11.89 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1.61 billion (2024)
- Bulgaria — 1.84 billion (2025)
- Croatia — -1.07 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — -282.7 million (2025)
- Czechia
More economic policy & debt data for Ukraine
- GDP (current LCU) — 8.93 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 244,543 (2025)
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 5.02% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$3.4 billion (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$1.35 billion (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$16.22 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 676.33 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 7.57% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ukraine's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 122.45 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 64.79 million% from 189,000 in 1991 (48.23% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 148.58 billion in 2016 and the lowest -188.64 billion in 2020.
- How does Ukraine rank?
- 24th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Ukraine?
- In 2025, Ukraine's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 65.92 billion on 2024 (from 56.53 billion to 122.45 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +1.84 billion and a typical year strayed about 76.71 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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