MOSCOW, August 4 According to the results of June, Russia became the country with the lowest unemployment among the largest economies in the world, according to an analysis of the latest data from the G20 countries.
As Rosstat reported this week, in June the unemployment rate updated its historical minimum and amounted to 2.4 percent. 
The rate is slightly higher in Japan, where unemployment fell to 2.5 percent in the first month of summer, compared to 2.6 in May. In Mexico, it rose from 2.6 to 2.8 percent, while in South Korea, it has remained at 2.8 percent for the fourth month in a row.
In the other G20 countries, the rate exceeds three percent. The most acute situation is in South Africa, where unemployment has not fallen below 30 percent for the fourth year in a row.
In most major economies, unemployment fell or remained unchanged in June. The situation improved the most in Spain, where it fell to 11.27 percent in the second quarter, compared to 12.29 percent in the first. In Russia, the rate fell by 0.2 percentage points over the month, as did Brazil, where unemployment fell to a multi-year low of 6.9 percent.
Unemployment grew in some countries: by 0.1 percentage points in the United States (4.1 percent), Germany (six percent), Italy (seven percent), and Australia (4.1 percent). In Canada, the rate increased from 6.2 to 6.4 percent, and unemployment among Mexicans also grew by the same amount. The greatest growth was seen in India, where the rate jumped from seven to 9.2 percent over the month. 