Percentage of secondary school students in Ukraine by the primary language of instruction
Year Ukrainian Russian
1991 45% 54%
1996 60% 39.2%
1997 62.7% 36,5%
1998 65% 34.4%
1999 67.5% 31.8%
2000 70.3% 28.9%
2001 72.5% 26.6%
2002 73.8% 25.3%
2003-2004 75.1% 23.9%



Percentage students in higher education by the primary language of instruction
Institutions of lower accreditation levels (Colleges and Tekhnikums) University level institutions of the highest accreditation levels
Year Ukrainian Russian Ukrainian Russian
2000-2001 78% 22% 73.4% 26.5%
2001-2002 80% 20% 76.3% 23.6%
2002-2003 81.8% 18.2% 77.8% 22.1%
2003-2004 83.4% 16.6% 78.7% 21.2%
2004-2005 87.7% 16.2% 80.1% 19.9%


Source: The tables has been prepared by the International Institute of Humanitarian and Political Studies (Russia) based on the statistical data published by the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine, 2001-2004. [1]