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Russian Federation — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Russian Federation, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.13%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -58.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Russian Federation was 2.13% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13.26% in 1998. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.54% per year.
Russian Federation ranks 170 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 91%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Russian Federation sits below it. It peaked in 1998 and has fallen 84% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 62%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.13%
First (1991)
5.11%
Change
-58.3%
Highest
13.26%
in 1998
Lowest
2.13%
in 2025
Average
6.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.54%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.13% |
| 2024 | 2.43% |
| 2023 | 3.08% |
| 2022 | 3.87% |
| 2021 | 4.75% |
| 2020 | 5.62% |
| 2019 | 4.51% |
| 2018 | 4.87% |
| 2017 | 5.24% |
| 2016 | 5.59% |
| 2015 | 5.62% |
| 2014 | 5.21% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.