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Unemployment rate in Russia

How hard is it to have a job there?

Russia's unemployment rate is 2.13 % — #9 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.13%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Russia over time

10.58 %6.36 %2.13 %10.58 % · 20002000: 10.58 %2001: 8.98 %2002: 7.88 %2003: 8.21 %2004: 7.76 %2005: 7.12 %2006: 7.05 %2007: 6.00 %2008: 6.21 %2009: 8.30 %2010: 7.41 %2011: 6.57 %2012: 5.48 %2013: 5.51 %2014: 5.21 %2015: 5.62 %2016: 5.59 %2017: 5.24 %2018: 4.87 %2019: 4.51 %2020: 5.62 %2021: 4.75 %2022: 3.87 %2023: 3.08 %2024: 2.43 %2025: 2.13 %2000201220252.13 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#9 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
93 %
115 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
8.45 pp
peak 10.58 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 8.45 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #2 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −3.12 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Russia: ahead of 93 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentRussia 2.13 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Russia is ahead of 93 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Russia
7 Tanzania1.57 %−0.56 pp
8 Cuba1.75 %−0.39 pp
9 Russia2.13 %—
10 United Arab Emirates2.17 %+0.04 pp
11 Kuwait2.18 %+0.05 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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