The article examines the influence of the domestic shadow economy on the main macroeconomic indicators of the state's development, and offers proposals for reducing the volume and level of the shadow economy of Ukraine. It systematizes scientific approaches to the essence and factors of economic shadowing and economic security. The study examines the experience of international organizations aimed at combating money laundering. It is revealed that the shadow economy of the country, in the conditions of globalization, is one of the significant exogenous factors influencing the economic security of the state. Most European countries, including Ukraine, use Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as an indicator of the volume of national production and the economic well-being of society. The article highlights the dynamics of GDP and the level of the shadow sector of the economy as a percentage of Ukraine's GDP over the entire period of the country's independence.