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Labor Force Participation Rate for Russian Federation, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
61.11%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -9.3% since 1990
Labor participation for Russian Federation was 61.11% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.41% in 1990. The lowest was 58.12% in 1998 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.28% per year.
Russian Federation ranks 97 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Russian Federation sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
61.11%
First (1990)
67.41%
Change
-9.3%
Highest
67.41%
in 1990
Lowest
58.12%
in 1998
Average
62.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.28%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.11% |
| 2024 | 61.82% |
| 2023 | 62.14% |
| 2022 | 61.94% |
| 2021 | 61.97% |
| 2020 | 61.39% |
| 2019 | 61.7% |
| 2018 | 62.45% |
| 2017 | 62.5% |
| 2016 | 62.87% |
| 2015 | 62.7% |
| 2014 | 62.84% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.