KYIV, June 19 - About 20% of Ukrainian IT specialists work abroad, while in 2023 their number increased to 65,000 from 50,000-57,000 a year earlier, according to the study AI Ecosystem of Ukraine: Talents, Companies, Education, produced by non-profit organization AI House and investment group Roosh with support from the Ministry of Digital transformation.

According to the data provided, the total number of IT specialists in Ukraine increased to 307,000 in 2023 from 285,000 in 2022.

According to Eurostat data cited in the study, Ukraine ranks second among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in terms of the number of IT specialists, with Poland in first place with 600,700d.