In 2012, the available income, which may be used by population for the purchase of goods and services, grew by 10.3 %, whereas real available income, determined with taking a price factor into consideration, grew by 9.7%, the State Statistics Service has announced. Incomes of population grew by 11.1% in 2012 to UAH 1.407tn. At the same time, an income in per head calculation made up UAH 23,931, which is 10.6 % up against 2011. Overall increase in earnings was due to an increase in remuneration of labour by 12.1%, in social assistance by 14.2%, as well as profit and mixed income by 6.1%. In 2012 the population's savings declined by 15.1% y/y to UAH 104,560mn.
2012, UAH mn | 2012 % y/y | |||||||
Incomes, total | 1,407,197 | 11.1 | ||||||
1. Wages and salaries | 593,213 | 12.1 | ||||||
2. Profit and mixed income | 212,420 | 6.1 | ||||||
3. Property incomes obtained | 74,620 | 9.7 | ||||||
4. Social assistance, other current and capital transfers, including: | 526,944 | 12.3 | ||||||
Expenditures and saving, total: | 1,407,197 | 11.1 | ||||||
1. Purchase of goods and payment for services | 1,179,071 | 14.4 | ||||||
2. Incomes from property, paid | 28,017 | -3.6 | ||||||
3. Current taxes on profit, property, and other paid current transfers, including | 95,549 | 13.8 | ||||||
Savings (increase) | 104,560 | -15.1 | ||||||
4. Accumulation of non-financial assets | 18,525 | n/a | ||||||
5. Growth of financial assets, including: | 86,035 | -30.8 | ||||||
- increase in monetary investment and savings in securities | 67,792 | 55.5 | ||||||
- savings in foreign currency | 57,933 | -23.7 | ||||||
- obtained loans, excluding redeemed | -13,542 | 63.4 | ||||||
Source: State Statistics Service |
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