Russia's unemployment rate edged down to 5.8 percent in January of 2021 from 5.9 percent in the prior month and below market expectations of 6 percent. It was the lowest jobless rate since April, as the number of unemployed fell by 116 thousand from a month earlier to 4.317 million and those officially registered as unemployed declined by 244 thousand to 2.529 million. source: Federal State Statistics Service
Unemployment Rate in Russia averaged 7.36 percent from 1992 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 14.10 percent in February of 1999 and a record low of 4.30 percent in August of 2019. This page provides - Russia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Russia Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2021.
Unemployment Rate in Russia is expected to be 6.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Russia to stand at 5.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Russia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.50 percent in 2022 and 5.00 percent in 2023, according to our econometric models.