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In 2023, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) collected data on the Needs, Intentions, and Integration Challenges of refugees from Ukraine in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe that are part of the IOM’s Regional Ukraine Response: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Republic of Moldova, and Slovakia.
This report presents the findings of surveys with Ukrainian citizens related to their employment profiles and job prospects in the countries hosting the displaced respondents. The analysis focuses on these respondents who are of working age (18 to 64 years old), are active on the labour market (either working or looking for work), and intend to remain in the country where the survey took place for the foreseeable future.
Data collection took place in three-month cycles (see diagram on the right), totaling 28,712 surveys. The large majority of respondents, 98 per cent, were Ukrainian (n=28,149) and 2 per cent were Third-Country Nationals (TCNs) (n=563). A total of 24,602 Ukrainian respondents were of working age and 17,149 intended to stay in the country of survey for the foreseeable future.
Among those, 11,290 were active in the labour market (either employed or looking for work). This group will be central to the analysis.
The analysis presented is based on data collected through a network of more than 150 enumerators, with various timelines and specific survey tools adapted to the country context. The sampling approach, main definitions and features of the survey tool make country-level datasets comparable. Respondents were approached in a simple random sample by enumerators at selected entry, exit, transit points and accommodation centres. Variation in the number of respondents in each country was due to differences in sampling strategies and types of locations covered during the reference period.
The survey was anonymous and voluntary. For information on the methodology and limitations please see the Methodology section.
Respondents informed on their intention to stay in the country where the survey took place for the foreseeable future or not. Those who did not intend to stay planned to return to Ukraine, to move to another country, were undecided on their plans, or were transiting through the country. Among Ukrainian respondents in 2023 (n=28,149), a majority of 70% intended to stay.