Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Russia
Russia: Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 1.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Russia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Russia recorded 1.4% for employers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Russia peaked at 1.5% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1991.
That places Russia 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Russia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +67.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | +138.3% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | +0.2% |
Russia compared with similar countries
- Russia's 1.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 3.4%, 41% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Russia's 1.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.6%, 39% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Russia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +138.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | +67.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More work & labour data for Russia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 48,131 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 59.78 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 71,526 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.83 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.04 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 89,043 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 23,578 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.68 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.81 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.8326 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Russia?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Russia was 1.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 1997.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1991.
- How does Russia rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Russia ranks 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).