World Bank assessment puts Ukraine's reconstruction and recovery cost at almost $588 billion over the next decade
22 October 2026
The fifth Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, released in February 2026, puts the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine at almost $588 billion over the next decade, as of 31 December 2025.
Sector needs include transport at over $96 billion and energy at nearly $91 billion.
Housing needs come to almost $90 billion, commerce and industry to over $63 billion, and agriculture to over $55 billion.
The assessment records that 14 per cent of the total housing stock has been damaged or destroyed.
The World Bank states that Ukraine joined the IBRD in September 1992 and the IDA in May 2004.
In plain words
RDNA Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment — A joint assessment of war damage and reconstruction needs in Ukraine.
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — The original lending arm of the World Bank Group.