Sector was growing steadily, but its growth is hampered by the RUS full-scale invasion since 2022
Significant loss of importance for economy in 2022 due to wartime disruptions to operations and infrastructure, reduced foreign demand amid global uncertainty, and the relatively stronger performance of budget-funded sectors like public administration, defense, education, healthcare
Since then, IT sector steadily accounts for 3% of total GVA
Underreporting of sectoral GVA data since 2022 in addition possible as data less reliable, because reporting became voluntary.
While national estimates are produced using modelling methods, uneven reporting across sectors could affect the reliability of GVA shares
Sector’s share in GVA below pre-war
Increasing underreporting of data since war possible
