The number of economically active population aged 15-72 years (employed + unemployed) in April 2013. amounted to 75.3 million people , or about 53% of the total population of the country.
Among the economically active population, 71.1 million people were classified as engaged in economic activity and 4.2 million people as unemployed using the ILO criteria (ie, had no job or gainful employment, looking for work and were ready to start surveyed in week).
Compared with March, the number of employed people in April 2013 increased by 154 thousand persons or 0.2%, the number of unemployed decreased by 71 thousand or 1.7%. Compared with April 2012 number of people employed increased by 100 thousand or 0.1%, the number of unemployed fell by 24 thousand or 0.6%.
The total number of unemployed was 3.9 times higher than the number of unemployed registered at public employment services. In late April 2013, in public employment services, 1061 thousand peoplewere registered as unemployed which is 2.1% less than in March and 15.4% - compared with April 2012. 70% of the unemployed were looking for a job on their own, without the assistance of employment services.
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Russia Unemployment Rate Down to 5.7% in March
Russia unemployment rate was reported at 5.7 percent of the economically active population according to a report by the Rosstat. The unemployment rate decreased 0.1 percentage points in March of 2013 from 5.8 percent in February and decreased 0.8 percentage points from 6.5 percent a year earlier.
2013-04-17
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Russia Unemployment Rate Down to 5.8 Percent in February
Russia unemployment rate was reported at 5.8 percent of the economically active population according to a report by the Rosstat. Russia's unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points in February of 2013 from 6.0 in January of 2013 and decreased 0.7 percentage points from 6.5 percent in February of 2012.
2013-03-20
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