Ukraine is a unitary semi-presidential republic with 24 oblasts, and has been under martial law since February 2022. It is an EU candidate with a mobilised wartime economy, and national elections remain postponed until martial law ends.
In the 12 Axes register, Ukraine leans hardest on Militarist – Pacifist: Militarist 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Ukraine sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
Decentralisation reform since 2014
Centrist
Elections suspended under martial law since 2022
Statist
Martial law restricts media, assembly and men's foreign travel
Non-Interventionist
Constitution sets EU and NATO course; wartime sovereignty defence
Militarist
Full mobilisation, large armed forces
Assimilationist
2019 law makes Ukrainian mandatory in public life
Economic Liberal
Market economy, wartime state controls
Markets
Market reforms, EU-linked liberalisation
Free Trade
EU candidate with deep free trade agreement
Moderate
Church separate from state, 2024 church law
Moderate
Abortion legal; constitution defines marriage as man and woman
Technological
Digital state, Diia platform
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Militarist – Pacifist
On Militarist – Pacifist, Ukraine is at Militarist 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Ukraine is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: M.Bitton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
