Analysis of digital transformation in Ukraine

Abstract

This article analyzes the main indicators of the digital transformation of the management of the national economy of Ukraine in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the country’s network readiness and assess the demand and supply in IT, the level of involvement of economic stakeholders in digital technologies, and the prospects for the digital economy and its impact on the achievement of sustainable development goals. The principles of the relationship between electronic business and the population are developed. The paper considers the main tasks of digital transformation. Its advantages and risks are revealed both for the country as a whole and at the level of individual companies and industries. A brief overview of the digital transformation in Ukraine is given, involving: the banking and financial sector, the service and industry sectors, and the social sphere. The share of services and social sectors is predicted to grow by more than 20%. For the effectiveness of decision-making, an analysis of the problems of digitalization of the economy of Ukraine at the micro and macro levels was carried out. A grouping of indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of digital transformation was conducted, which makes it possible to comprehensively assess the scale of economic transformation in order to develop proposals for digital support of key national socioeconomic processes. Due to its implementation, the main factors and indicators of the development of the digital economy of Ukraine were identified. To analyze the indicators of the digital transformation of the national economy of Ukraine, the following were chosen as the information base: global connectivity, IT maturity, indicators of investment and innovation activity, and the relationship between GDP and digital transformation. Among the indicators of connectivity for end users, the level of services of telecom operators received the highest ratings. E-government scores, the number of users accessing the Internet, the cost of broadband, and cybersecurity awareness were above average. At the same time, all of these indicators, except for the cost of broadband access, had a positive trend. A set of measures are proposed to restore and develop the economy in areas of specialization.