KYIV, Sept 27 - Ukraine, losing nine positions in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF) over the previous two years, has won back four positions over the past year and climbed to 81st place out of 137 countries.

Ukraine managed to improve its figures in such areas as financial market development (from 130th to 120th spot), institutional development (from 129th to 118th), and macroeconomic environment (from 128th to 121st).