Unemployment rate: Russia
2.133% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.133 |
| 2024 | 2.43 |
| 2023 | 3.076 |
| 2022 | 3.867 |
| 2021 | 4.749 |
| 2020 | 5.62 |
| 2019 | 4.513 |
| 2018 | 4.871 |
| 2017 | 5.238 |
| 2016 | 5.591 |
| 2015 | 5.615 |
| 2014 | 5.212 |
| 2013 | 5.513 |
| 2012 | 5.484 |
| 2011 | 6.571 |
| 2010 | 7.407 |
| 2009 | 8.301 |
| 2008 | 6.205 |
| 2007 | 6.002 |
| 2006 | 7.055 |
| 2005 | 7.124 |
| 2004 | 7.763 |
| 2003 | 8.21 |
| 2002 | 7.875 |
| 2001 | 8.978 |
| 2000 | 10.581 |
| 1999 | 13.036 |
| 1998 | 13.261 |
| 1997 | 11.813 |
| 1996 | 9.665 |
| 1995 | 9.449 |
| 1994 | 8.131 |
| 1993 | 5.883 |
| 1992 | 5.181 |
| 1991 | 5.11 |