Russia’s registered unemployment rate falls from 0.9% to 0.7% over year
According to Rosstat, the average wage in the Russian Federation in February 2023 is 65,904 rubles.
The decline in the level of registered unemployment in Russia for the year - from March 2022 to March 2023 - amounted to 0.2 percentage points and reached 0.7%, according to the data from the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
The average level of registered unemployment in the Central Federal District districts is 0.4%, a 0.1 percentage point drop year-on-year. At the same time, the Tula region figure was the lowest - 0.3%, and the highest - 0.7% was reported in Voronezh and Yaroslavl regions.
The registered unemployment rate in Russia's southern regions is also lower than the national average at 0.5%. At the same time, Sevastopol region reported 0.2% of the unemployed, Crimea and Adygea - 0.7%, and Kalmykia - 1.1%. The percentage of registered unemployed individuals in the Volga area ranges from 0.3% in Tatarstan to 0.9% in Orenburg.
The average rate of registered unemployment in the North-West area is the same as the national average. Karelia has the poorest indices at 1.4%, the Komi Republic - at 1.3%, and the Arkhangelsk region with the Nenets Autonomous district - at 1.2%. The number of registered unemployed in North Caucasus areas fell by 0.7 percentage point year-on-year, from 3.1% to 2.4%. Ingushetia has the lowest rate (9.8%), followed by Chechnya (8%).
Over the year, the Siberian, Ural, and Far Eastern Federal Districts lowered the number of registered unemployed by 0.2 percentage points, to 1%, 0.6%, and 0.8%, respectively.
According to Rosstat, the average wage in the Russian Federation in February 2023 is 65,904 rubles ($842.19). The average wages in January of 2023 were significantly lower - 64,475 rubles ($823.92).
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The decline in the level of registered unemployment in Russia for the year - from March 2022 to March 2023 - amounted to 0.2 percentage points and reached 0.7%, according to the data from the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat).
The average level of registered unemployment in the Central Federal District districts is 0.4%, a 0.1 percentage point drop year-on-year. At the same time, the Tula region figure was the lowest - 0.3%, and the highest - 0.7% was reported in Voronezh and Yaroslavl regions.
The registered unemployment rate in Russia's southern regions is also lower than the national average at 0.5%. At the same time, Sevastopol region reported 0.2% of the unemployed, Crimea and Adygea - 0.7%, and Kalmykia - 1.1%. The percentage of registered unemployed individuals in the Volga area ranges from 0.3% in Tatarstan to 0.9% in Orenburg.
The average rate of registered unemployment in the North-West area is the same as the national average. Karelia has the poorest indices at 1.4%, the Komi Republic - at 1.3%, and the Arkhangelsk region with the Nenets Autonomous district - at 1.2%. The number of registered unemployed in North Caucasus areas fell by 0.7 percentage point year-on-year, from 3.1% to 2.4%. Ingushetia has the lowest rate (9.8%), followed by Chechnya (8%).
Over the year, the Siberian, Ural, and Far Eastern Federal Districts lowered the number of registered unemployed by 0.2 percentage points, to 1%, 0.6%, and 0.8%, respectively.
According to Rosstat, the average wage in the Russian Federation in February 2023 is 65,904 rubles ($842.19). The average wages in January of 2023 were significantly lower - 64,475 rubles ($823.92).
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