Education Sector Damage and Recovery Report — Ukraine 2022–2025

Key Findings:

• 10.4 % of educational infrastructure damaged or destroyed.
• 3,373 institutions affected, including 385 completely destroyed.
• Most affected regions: Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk.
• Direct physical damage: ≈ $13.4 billion.
• Indirect economic losses: ≈ $9.6 billion, including $7.8 billion in learning losses.
• Learning conditions:
  • ≈ 20 % of students (≈ 741 000) in hybrid learning.
  • ≈ 12 % (≈ 443 000) fully remote.
• Safety improvements: 90 % of schools now have shelters (up from 68 % in 2022).
• Total recovery needs: ≈ $32.9 billion, including:
  • ≈ $23.7 billion for reconstruction and modernization.
  • ≈ 10-year recovery horizon (2025 – 2035).
• Year-to-year comparison:
  • Damage + 141 % vs RDNA-3.
  • Recovery needs + 80 %.

Conclusion:

Rebuilding and modernizing Ukraine’s education sector will require about $33 billion over a decade, with emphasis on safe in-person learning, digital resilience, and reduction of learning losses.

Source: RDNA 4 (World Bank, the Government of Ukraine, the European Union, the United Nations)