Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small
Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
6.3% of GDP (2006)
Government
Ukraine
Country name:
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Ukraine local long form: none local short form: Ukrayina former: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic