The government in Ukraine is doing a poor job of managing the economy, social security, justice, and the fight against corruption and crime in the country, but is doing a good job of energy supply, education, and diplomacy, Ukrainians believe.

According to the results of a poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre on September 20-26 and presented at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday, the share of citizens who believe that events in Ukraine are developing in the right direction has decreased after reaching their highest figures in February-March 2023 and now stands at 33%, while 47% of respondents hold the opposite opinion.

According to citizens, the government copes better with solving problems in the following areas: energy supply (55% of respondents think so, 39.5% have the opposite opinion), education (50% and 38%, respectively), and foreign policy (50% and 38%, respectively).

In matters of national defense and healthcare, positive and negative assessments are expressed equally often (47% of respondents each).

The authorities' effectiveness is most often assessed negatively in the following areas: the fight against corruption (82% of respondents assess it negatively, 12% positively), the economy (69% and 24%, respectively), justice (69% and 16%), the fight against crime (66% and 23%), country reconstruction (56% and 27%), as well as social protection and pension provision (54% and 38%, respectively).

Some 30% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine is capable of overcoming existing problems and difficulties in the next few years, 46% believe that Ukraine will be able to overcome problems in the longer term, and 11% believe that Ukraine is not capable of overcoming existing problems. At the same time, it is noted that Ukrainians were most optimistic about the prospects for overcoming problems and difficulties in late 2022 - early 2023, and before the start of a full-scale war in December 2021, the assessments were much more pessimistic.

The poll was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre within the Join in! Community Engagement Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The poll was conducted face-to-face in all government-controlled regions using a stratified multi-stage sample using random selection at the first stages of sample formation and a quota method of selecting respondents at the final stage. The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was conducted as of the beginning of 2022 by age, gender, type of settlement.

A total of 2,016 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.