Unemployment / Russia
Russia Unemployment
Russia unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 2.13%.
COUNTRY: Russia
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:45
GM ECONOMY RATING
Russia · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
77 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
17.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
12.0 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
12.0 / 15
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
3.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Russia · unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
2.13%
Previous
2.43%
Range avg.
4.21%
Rank
98
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CountryRussia
IndicatorUnemployment
2.13%2025 · Rank 98
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Russia recorded 2.13% for Unemployment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.30 percentage points, from 2.43% to 2.13%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (4.21%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 2.13% in 2025 and the high was 5.62% in 2020.
Comparison
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