Russia: unemployment rate by region quarterly 2023

In the second quarter of 2023, the unemployment rate in Russia was the highest in the North Caucasian Federal District at nearly 10 percent. The lowest figure was recorded in the Ural Federal District at 2.4 percent. In the second and third quarters of 2020, unemployment sharply increased in the country due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Average unemployment rate in Russia from 3rd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2023, by federal district

Characteristic	North Caucasian	Far Eastern	Siberian	Sourthern	Northwestern	Central	Volga	Ural	Russia on average
Q2 2023*	9.5%	3.7%	3.4%	2.9%	2.6%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%	3.2%
Q1 2023*	10.3%	4.1%	3.8%	3.3%	3%	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%	3.5%
Q4 2022*	10.3%	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%	3.3%	2.9%	3.1%	3%	3.7%
Q3 2022	9.9%	4.7%	4%	3.9%	3.5%	3%	3.1%	3.3%	3.8%
Q2 2022	9.8%	4.9%	4.5%	4.3%	3.1%	3.1%	3.4%	3.3%	4%
Q1 2022	11.4%	5.5%	4.9%	4.5%	3.1%	3%	3.6%	3.6%	4.2%
Q4 2021	10.9%	5.4%	5%	4.8%	3.3%	3.1%	3.6%	3.6%	4.3%
Q3 2021	11.4%	5.5%	5.3%	4.8%	3.5%	3.2%	3.7%	3.8%	4.4%
Q2 2021	13%	5.6%	6%	5.2%	4%	3.6%	4.2%	4.4%	4.9%
Q1 2021	14.4%	6.2%	6.9%	5.7%	4.6%	4%	4.9%	5.2%	5.6%
Q4 2020	14.8%	6.6%	7.5%	6.2%	5.5%	4.4%	5.2%	5.7%	6.1%
Q3 2020	15%	6.5%	8.3%	6.4%	5.9%	4.4%	5.6%	6.2%	6.3%
Q2 2020	14.2%	6.8%	7.8%	6.6%	5%	3.9%	5.5%	5.9%	6%
Q1 2020	11.4%	6%	5.8%	5.3%	3.7%	2.9%	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
Q4 2019	11.1%	6.3%	5.8%	5.3%	3.6%	2.9%	4.1%	4.1%	4.6%
Q3 2019	10.4%	5.7%	5.6%	5.1%	3.4%	2.7%	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

Q3 2019 to Q2 2023

Age group

15 years and older

Supplementary notes

*Excluding statistical information on the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Figures are based on selected studies of the Russian workforce.

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