# Russia Unemployment Rate

Russia Unemployment Rate was 2.1% in 2025, down 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since the series began in 1991.
Among the 53 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 4th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.1% (2025) to 5.6% (2020), averaging 4.3%.

- Source agency: Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
- Makrognosis code: `RU.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of labor force
- Coverage: 1991-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (35 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/russia/unemployment-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 4.7% |
| 2020 | 5.6% |
| 2019 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 5.2% |
| 2016 | 5.6% |
| 2015 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.2% |
| 2013 | 5.5% |
| 2012 | 5.5% |
| 2011 | 6.6% |
| 2010 | 7.4% |
| 2009 | 8.3% |
| 2008 | 6.2% |
| 2007 | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 7.1% |
| 2005 | 7.1% |
| 2004 | 7.8% |
| 2003 | 8.2% |
| 2002 | 7.9% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RU.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RU.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```