The draft Budget 2026 has been adopted in its first reading. 256 deputies voted in favor.
The draft State Budget for 2026 has been adopted in the first reading by the Verkhovna Rada, the VR reported on Wednesday, writes UNN.
According to the deputies, 256 people’s deputies voted “for”.
According to the project, the State Budget revenues will amount to UAH 2.4 trillion, which is UAH 446.8 billion (18.8%) more compared to 2025. Expenditures – UAH 4.8 trillion, which is UAH 415 billion more compared to 2025.
Defense and security expenditures are planned at UAH 2.8 trillion, which is 27.2% of GDP (+UAH 168.6 billion to 2025).
Expenditures for:
- social protection – UAH 467.1 billion (+UAH 45 billion);
- healthcare – UAH 258 billion (+UAH 38.2 billion);
- education – UAH 265.4 billion (+UAH 66.5 billion);
- science – UAH 19.9 billion (+UAH 5.4 billion);
- veteran policy – UAH 17.9 billion (+UAH 6.1 billion);
- economic support – UAH 41.5 billion.
- The draft Budget-2026 also stipulated that the subsistence minimum in Ukraine would increase to 3209 hryvnias.
At the same time, the VR budget committee proposed that the government introduce the following amendments to the draft, including:
develop a new remuneration model for secondary school teachers so that teachers actually feel a 50% increase;
take measures to increase the remuneration of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical staff of higher education institutions from January 1, 2026;
increase expenditures for providing housing for IDPs.
Addition
The draft State Budget of Ukraine for 2026 was approved by the government and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration on September 15.
The need for external financing in 2026 will amount to UAH 2 trillion 79 billion. State borrowings are planned in the amount of UAH 2 trillion 544.5 billion, of which UAH 419.6 billion are domestic, and UAH 2 trillion 124.9 billion are external. According to the forecast, the state budget deficit is expected to be up to 18.4% of GDP, which is 3.9 percentage points less than in 2025.
