The profitability of the operating activities of small enterprises for the last 8 years
has increased 3.6 times (from 1.8% to 6.5%), but this indicator is lower than the average
level of profitability of the operating activities of enterprise entities by 2.3 % (Fig. 15).
Figure 15. Profitability of operating activities of entrepreneurial entities and
small enterprise entities in Ukraine in 2010-2017, %
Source: Developed by authors on the basis of [9]
At the same time, the general level of profitability of economic activity of
enterprise entities in 2017 is 3%, which is 5,8% less than the profitability of operating
activities. The economic activity of small enterprise entities in Ukraine as a whole
during the years of analysis is loss making, although losses as of 2017 are the lowest
since 2010 (Figure 16).
Figure 16. Profitability (loss-making) of entities entrepreneurial activity and
small enterprise entities in Ukraine in 2010-2017, %
Source: Developed by authors on the basis of [9]
-20,0
-15,0
-10,0
-5,0
0,0
5,0
10,0
2010
year
2011
year
2012
year
2013
year
2014
year
2015
year
2016
year
2017
year
4,0
5,9
5,0
3,9
-4,1
1,0
7,4
8,8
1,8
4,2
4,1
2,2
-17,9
-4,2
5,2
6,5
Profitability of entrepreneurial entities operating activities
Profitability of SMEs operating activities
-30,0
-25,0
-20,0
-15,0
-10,0
-5,0
0,0
5,0
2010
year
2011
year
2012
year
2013
year
2014
year
2015
year
2016
year
2017
year
0,5
1,8
1,0
-0,7
-14,2
-7,3
0,6
3,0
-5,7
-2,5
-3,3
-6,2
-26,5
-13,6
-3,6
-2,0
Profitability of entities entrepreneurial activity
Profitability of SMEs entrepreneurial activity
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