Zelensky estimates it will take $800 billion to rebuild the country, which was one of the poorest countries in Europe before the war. Ukraine’s per capita GDP was $14,300, a mere $100 more than Cuba’s.
That is a mystery to me. They have vast agricultural and mineral wealth, used to have a large industrial base, and a population close to Canada’s. They should be in the G7, not one of the poorest in Europe.
Corruption. Venezuela should be a rich country.