At a glance
Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.
What changed in Russia
Statistically notable movements in the latest data.
- Record high2025MajorGDP reached a record high of US$ 2.6T in 2025 (series since 1988).
- Record high2025MajorGDP per capita reached a record high of US$ 17,547 in 2025 (series since 1988).
- Record high2023MajorMedian age reached a record high of 39.5 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
- Sharp rise2024MajorMilitary spending rose 1.7 points to 7.1 % in 2024 (largest rise on record).
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2025
Key facts
Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.
75.3 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 73.2 % in 2000.
Trade is worth 33.7 % of GDP (2025), below the world median of 79.8 %.
Life expectancy of 73.4 years ranks 52nd of 58 in Europe & Central Asia (2024).
Central government debt rose from 9.1 % of GDP in 2010 to 17.9 % in 2024.
Renewables' share of electricity generation rose from 16.1 % in 2010 to 17.4 % in 2025 (+1.3 points).
CO₂ emissions of 12.29 t per person are 4.1× the world median of 2.99 t (2024).
GDP grew 1.5 % a year on average over 2014–2025.
94.4 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 49.0 % in 2010.
With a median age of 39.5 years, Russia ranks 50th of 216 countries worldwide (2023).
Russia's population shrank 2.1 % between 2000 and 2025, from 146.6M people to 143.5M people.
Unemployment of 2.1 % in 2025 is below the Europe & Central Asia median of 5.5 %.
Life expectancy gained 8.0 years since 2000, from 65.5 years to 73.4 years in 2024.
The fertility rate rose from 1.20 births/woman in 2000 to 1.42 births/woman in 2024.
GDP per capita rose from US$ 1,772 in 2000 to US$ 17,547 in 2025 (+890.4 % in current US dollars).
Within Europe & Central Asia, Russia ranks 29th of 51 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 49,568, 2025).
Borders: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
Languages: Russian
Timeline
Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.
- 2025
- Record highGDP per capita set a new high of US$ 17,547 in 2025, the first since 2013.
- Sharp riseOld-age dependency ratio rose 1.1 points to 27.3 % in 2025.
- Sharp dropWind electricity generation fell 20.4 % to 3.64 TWh in 2025.
- Sharp dropImports of goods and services (% of GDP) fell 2.1 points to 15.5 % in 2025.
- Sharp riseSeniors (65+) rose 0.6 points to 17.8 % in 2025.
- Sharp dropHydropower electricity generation fell 5.1 % to 199.73 TWh in 2025.
- 2024
- Sharp dropTertiary enrolment fell 33.3 points to 60.4 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseBattle-related deaths rose 3,793.4 % to 7,670 deaths in 2024.
- Sharp dropRefugees hosted fell 99.2 % to 10,077 people in 2024.
- Sharp riseMilitary spending rose 1.7 points to 7.1 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropNet migration fell 205,849 people to -178,042 people in 2024.
- Sharp dropICT service exports (% of service exports) fell 1.6 points to 5.5 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseOld-age dependency ratio rose 1.0 points to 26.2 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropIncidence of tuberculosis fell 10.5 % to 34.0 per 100,000 in 2024.
- Sharp riseLending interest rate rose 5.5 points to 17.1 % in 2024.
- ReversalNet migration turned negative in 2024 (-178,042 people).
- ReversalReal house price growth (year on year) turned positive in 2024 (7.4 %).
- Record highMilitary spending set a new high of 7.1 % in 2024, the first since 2016.
- Record highLife expectancy at birth, male set a new high of 68.3 years in 2024, the first since 2019.
- Record lowAgriculture share fell to a new low of 2.9 % in 2024, the first since 2012.
- Record highCO₂ emissions from gas set a new high of 857.7 Mt in 2024, the first since 2018.
- Record highGNI per capita set a new high of US$ 15,330 in 2024, the first since 2013.
- Record highBattle-related deaths set a new high of 7,670 deaths in 2024, the first since 1999.
- Sharp riseSeniors (65+) rose 0.6 points to 17.2 % in 2024.
- 2023
- Sharp riseTertiary enrolment rose 39.8 points to 93.7 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseChildren out of school, primary rose 619.2 % to 187,975 children in 2023.
- Sharp dropCurrent account balance (US$) fell US$ 188.3B to US$ 49.4B in 2023.
- Sharp dropICT service exports (% of service exports) fell 4.8 points to 7.1 % in 2023.
- ReversalGDP growth turned positive in 2023 (4.1 %).
- Sharp dropTrade balance fell US$ 204.1B to US$ 86.0B in 2023.
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