MOSCOW, March 29 The unemployment rate in Russia in February 2023 updated its historical low and amounted to 3.5%, follows from the report of Rosstat.
Previous the lowest level was recorded in January, when unemployment was at the level of 3.6%.
«In February 2023, 2.6 million people aged 15 and over were classified as unemployed (in accordance with the methodology of the International Labor Organization). Unemployment rate of the population aged 15 years and older in February 2023 was 3.5% (excluding seasonal factors),» the document says.
If in January the total number of unemployed was 2.734 million people, then in February it was already 2.635 million people. million unemployed citizens, of which 0.6 million people had the status of unemployed, including 0.4 million people received unemployment benefits.
When studying employment and unemployment, Rosstat uses the methodology of the International Labor Organization, in accordance with which the unemployed are those who, at the time of the study, simultaneously needed a job, were looking for it, and were ready to start it. The number of labor force in Russia aged 15 years and older, according to Rosstat, in February 2023 amounted to 75.4 million people.