{"id":787521,"date":"2025-11-24T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:40:17","slug":"vijna-koruptsiya-ta-slabka-sudova-systema-golovni-bar-yery-dlya-investytsij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/vijna-koruptsiya-ta-slabka-sudova-systema-golovni-bar-yery-dlya-investytsij\/","title":{"rendered":"War, corruption, and a weak judicial system are the main barriers to investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The integral score of the Investment Attractiveness Index of Ukraine<\/strong> slightly increased in 2025 and reached 2,70 points<\/strong> out of 5 (compared to 2,49 in 2024). Thus, the index has almost recovered to the level of the second half of 2021, before Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

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These are the findings of the new wave of the annual survey conducted by the European Business Association among its member companies in partnership with the international group of companies NEQSOL HOLDING B.V.<\/p>\n

View the presentation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Drivers and barriers to investment<\/strong><\/p>\n

EBA member companies\u2019 leaders name Ukraine\u2019s European integration path, preferential international trade regime and the \u201ctransport visa-free regime,\u201d deregulation, and digitalisation of public services as the main positive factors for the investment climate.<\/p>\n

Among the negative factors are Russian military aggression, corruption, a weak judicial system, labour shortage, and attacks on Ukraine\u2019s energy system. In addition, 78% of respondents say that currency transaction restrictions also worsen the country\u2019s investment attractiveness.<\/p>\n

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Investment climate dynamics<\/strong><\/p>\n

The share of business leaders who consider Ukraine\u2019s investment climate unfavourable is gradually decreasing \u2013 71% think so in 2025 (compared to 79% in 2024 and 84% in 2023). Among them, 14% believe it is extremely unfavourable (20% in 2024). At the same time, 21% of respondents assess the climate as neutral, and 8% consider it favourable.<\/p>\n

In 2026, 29% of surveyed CEOs expect the investment climate to improve, 44% foresee no significant changes, and 27% anticipate deterioration.<\/p>\n

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New investments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the war, 72% of surveyed EBA member companies plan to continue investing in the Ukrainian market. In 2024, 70% were ready to invest, and 57% did so in 2023.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the share of top managers who believe that entering Ukraine is profitable for new investors increased from 17% last year to 29% this year.<\/p>\n

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Business losses<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slightly more than half of companies, particularly 52%, have suffered losses due to hostilities. Among them, 23% have already contacted law enforcement bodies, while another 17% plan to do so. 9% percent have appealed to national courts and 4% \u2013 to international courts.<\/p>\n\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnna Derevyanko<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe EBA Executive Director<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tThe survey results once again shows that internal threats, such as corruption and weak courts, are just as serious as the external threat of Russian aggression. For decades, businesses have highlighted the need for effective and comprehensive anti-corruption measures and the rule of law. These are also critical markers for new investors and the investments that the Ukrainian economy urgently needs.\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVolodymyr Lavrenchuk<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRegional Director at NEQSOL HOLDING B.V. in Ukraine<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tDespite the war and other challenges, 72% of the EBA member companies surveyed will continue to invest in the Ukrainian market. Among these companies is the international group Neqsol Holding B.V., whose strategic goal in the group\u2019s new titanium extraction direction is sustainable development and strengthening its presence in the US and EU markets. Neqsol Holding also continues significant investments in the development of Ukraine\u2019s telecom sector, with a focus on resilience, sustainability, regional cooperation, and advanced technologies.\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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HOW WE MEASURE THE INDEX<\/em><\/p>\n

The European Business Association has been conducting the \u201cInvestment Attractiveness Index of Ukraine\u201d since 2008. Throughout the entire measurement period, the Index has never entered the positive zone \u2013 above 4 points. In this wave, 88 CEOs of major international and Ukrainian companies took part. Among them, 43% represent medium-sized businesses, 28.5% \u2013 large businesses, and 28.5% \u2013 small businesses. The main partner in 2025 is NEQSOL HOLDING B.V.<\/em> The survey was conducted from 13 to 30 October 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

NEQSOL HOLDING B.V. is<\/em> an International Group of Companies headquartered in Amsterdam, operating in 11 countries worldwide (including US, UK, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Netherlands, Georgia and Turkey). NEQSOL Holding has 3 head offices located in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Kyiv (Ukraine) to manage its businesses in telecommunications, energy, construction, mining and hi-tech industries. This year NEQSOL HOLDING B.V. completed largest privatization of the war period in Ukraine, purchasing UMCC Titanium \u2013 10th global producer of titanium ore.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The integral score of the Investment Attractiveness Index of Ukraine slightly increased in 2025 and reached 2,70 points out of 5 (compared to 2,49 in 2024). Thus, the index has almost recovered to the level of the second half of 2021, before Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion. These are the findings of the new wave of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8406,"featured_media":694213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15563,15574,15571,15590],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news-en","category-news-and-articles-from-association-en","category-press-releases-en","category-research-and-analysis-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}