In February 2026, the score for Ukraine's progress in the area of entrepreneurship and industrial policy increased to 0.72 points (0.54 points in January, 0.38 points in December). For comparison, the scores were the most optimistic at the end of 2023 - 1.72 points in November and 1.34 points in December.

In February, the assessment of actual legislative changes amounted to 0 points (0.44 points in January), which indicates that there were no significant new legislative changes in the reporting period. At the same time, the assessment of planned legislative changes increased to 1.72 points (0 points in January). In particular, experts positively assessed the draft law on harmonization of the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises (1.79 points) and amendments to the Bankruptcy Code of Ukraine (1.65 points).

In February, the assessment of agenda setting amounted to 0.46 points (0.7 points in January). In particular, experts gave 0.46 points to the meeting between the Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine and the Minister of Finance and Economy of Poland, which discussed strengthening industrial cooperation and preparations for the URC-2026.

The overall assessment of the implementation status is 0.94 points (0.91 points in January). Experts estimated the speed of changes at 0.31 points (-0.08 points in December). Experts assessed the speed of change by 0.1 points (0.31 points in January). Overall, the results show that the pace of implementation is insufficient. and show that the pace of implementation is insufficient.