Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government, Tatyana Golikova, stated that the unemployment rate in the country has decreased by 20 percent in the last six years and the annual average number of employees is 73.6 million people. This was reported by TASS.
“We have been seeing systemic changes occurring in the labor market lately. Our unemployment rate has decreased by 20% in the last six years. The average annual number of employed people was 73.6 million people,” said Golikova.
Before that, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Fundamental Department of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation “Human Resources Management” at the Russian University of Economics. GV Plekhanova Lyudmila Ivanova-Shvets statedIt is predicted that the poverty level in Russia may drop from 9.3 percent to 8 percent of the country’s total population in 2024. So, by the end of the year, the number of low-income Russians may drop from 13.5 million to 12 million.
According to Rosstat, by the end of 2023, the number of Russians with income below the poverty line reached 13.5 million people, that is, 9.3% of the country’s total population. This rate is lower than in 2022, when the poverty rate reached 9.8 percent. According to Rosstat, the poverty line reached 14,754 rubles per month in the last quarter of 2023. On average for 2023, this figure was 14,339 rubles, compared to 13,545 rubles in the previous year.
Previously The economist appreciated Rosstat data on income growth of Russians.