Ukrainian refugee costs by country & type 2022

Poland was estimated to have the highest total costs of taking in Ukrainian refugees in terms of housing, education, and health care, at nearly 8.4 billion euros as of October 2022. The country spent the most on providing accommodation, at over 6.2 billion euros. Germany had the highest health-related costs, at approximately 1.4 billion euros.

Estimated total costs associated with welcoming and supporting Ukrainian refugees in the European OECD countries as of October 2022, by type (in million euros)

Characteristic	Living	Primary education	Secondary education	Health care
Poland	6,207	1,133	356	664
Germany	4,428	553	466	1,361
Czechia	1,265	144	208	341
Spain	981	115	81	181
Romania	499	149	148	207
Italy	418	98	80	141
Switzerland	394	71	73	177
France	391	56	73	186
Slovakia	411	68	68	94
Austria	263	78	88	163
Belgium	400	51	47	91
Netherlands	241	62	53	132
Hungary	104	84	96	87
Sweden	75	114	21	115
Ireland	176	29	23	69
Denmark	86	66	23	82
Norway	106	43	13	73
Lithuania	153	14	24	32
United Kingdom	96	16	31	63
Portugal	95	24	17	31
Finland	74	20	27	45
Estonia	90	31	16	30
Latvia	70	15	8	14
Croatia	49	7	11	17
Greece	45	11	8	15
Luxembourg	24	13	10	16
Slovenia	41	4	3	5

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October 2022

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Europe

Survey time period

as of October 2022

Supplementary notes

The source specified that living costs were related to "the provision of accommodation and financial subsidies."
Education costs, or costs "of ensuring educational access to Ukrainian refugees" are estimated based on the assumption that "the average cost of education per grade equals the marginal cost."
Health care costs take into account that "Ukrainian refugees are younger than both the general population in Ukraine and in the host countries."

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