Renting an apartment in Uzhhorod takes 83% of the salary: rating of cities by load.

According to inkorr.com: Renting a one-room apartment in Uzhhorod 'devours' almost the entire average salary – 83%. This information is provided by the platform LUN, analyzing current listings and data from the State Statistics Service.

Where in Ukraine renting 'devours' almost the entire salary

Over the past six months, the rental affordability index in Kyiv has decreased by 7% — now renting a one-room apartment costs 67% of the average salary. The ranking of cities where rental prices heavily burden the budget looks like this:

• Uzhhorod – 83%

• Lutsk – 73%

• Ivano-Frankivsk – 72%

• Lviv – 70%

• Kyiv – 67%

In the east and south of Ukraine, the situation looks somewhat better:

• Kharkiv – 18% of the average salary goes to rent;

• Zaporizhzhia – 27%;

• Mykolaiv – 31%.

How much has rental prices increased in the regions

The pace of price growth for rent is striking: in Odesa, renting has become 16% more expensive, while in Ternopil, it has increased by 14% over the last six months.

However, the State Statistics Service provides significantly more modest data – on average in Ukraine, up to 30% of the salary is spent on rent, while in Kyiv, it is only 24.1%.

The reasons for such discrepancies are explained by the brand and business director of LUN, Denys Sudilkovskyi:

• firstly, LUN analyzes new listings, taking into account the real demand from tenants;

• secondly, the State Statistics Service works with old contracts and legal agreements and relies on statistics by regions, not just by cities.

Official statistics only reflect legal rental cases, creating only a partial picture of the situation. Data from platforms like LUN help to better understand the real state of the market — how much is being asked for and paid at the moment. This is important not only for landlords and tenants but also for local policies: issues of price control, social housing, subsidies, and regulations are becoming increasingly relevant.