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National and Economic
Data - Russia, 2005
Population (as of 07/2003) |
144 526 278
|
Population (in 2050, estimated by UN) |
121 256 000
|
Average life expectancy men/women (2002): |
62.5 / 73.1
|
Men per 1000 women (2002): |
879
|
Three largest cities (2002): Moscow St. Petersburg Novosibirsk |
Population
8 376 000 4 619 800 1 396 800 |
GDP, per capita (2002): 36th place in the world, as of 2002 |
$7924 US
|
Comment: The Russian GDP is rising 6,5% per year (forecast for 2005 is 5.8%) to meet president Putin's objective of doubling GDP in 10 years (before 2010). |
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Economically active population (EAP): as of 2003 |
71 472 000 or 49.5% of all
annual growth: about 0.5% |
Unemployment (2003): Based on polls / Officially registered |
8.6% / 2.2%
annual change: no |
Largest employers (by sectors, in 2001): Light, heavy, defence, manufacturing, pharmaceutical & other industries: Wholesale & retail: Agriculture: Education: Construction: Public service: --- other --- Science: Culture & art: Communication: |
Percentage of total EAP
22.0% 14.9% 12.6% 9.0% 7.6% 7.0% 21.8% 1.9% 1.8% 1.4% |
Comment: The major problem is a small proportion of prospective sectors in the economy, such as communication, science, consultancy, information services, and a high share of extraction industries in overall export. |
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Employed in small business (as of 2001): | 7 435 800 (11.5% of EAP) annual growth: apprx 2% |
Small business share in total GDP (2004)*: | approximately 4% annual growth: app 30-40% |
Comment: Another major problem is a small share of small businesses in overall economic activity. For example, in UK as much as 46.2% (2003, SBS UK) are employed in small businesses (compared to 11.5% in Russia) and while the turnover of small businesses in UK reaches 38.3%, it is a mere 4% in Russia. The official statistics might lower the real turnover details, as many Russian businesses prefer to "hide" the real figures to avoid taxes. However, there are estimates that such businesses account to about 50% of the total number of enterprises, so even in this case the share of small business is very small. |
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Average salary (official data, 2005):* per month, by sector: Finance: Oil & Gas industries: Transport & communication: |
8133 RUB ($290) annual growth: about 25% 23300 RUB ($832) 21290 RUB ($760) 10730 RUB ($383) |
Annual inflation rate: | approximately 12%-18% |
* Note, that any indicators showing business turnover, official salary details, etc. are lower than the real figures. There are estimates showing that from 30% to 50% of salary in Russia is paid "in envelopes" (thus, not officially registered and taxed), and that about 50% small businesses are not showing part or all of their turnover. |
Sources: population
statistics from WGeo,
economic statistics from Gosstat
(aggregate) and Ministry
of Economic Development (Russia) and Small
Business Analytics (Giac).
Important Business
Statistics - Russia, 2005
Communication & IT |
|
Mobile phone subscribers (2005): (% of total population = penetration) (penetration among rural population) |
86.5 Mln
58.9% 25% |
Comment: The |
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Internet users in Russia (2005): (% of total population) |
12 Mln
8.3% |
Computers owned: (% of total population): |
15 Mln 10.4% |
Comment: One of Russia's main problems is that it was for a long time isolated from the outside world. The internet is something that can solve this problem faster than anything else. The more people, schools, regions, have access to the internet, the easier it will be to integrate the society and provide a free access to information to everybody. The standard level of internet penetration in EU countries is about 50%, in USA, Australia and New Zealand - 65%, in Scandinavia - 70-80%. Eastern European countries have about 30% internet penetration. |
Sources: mobile
telephone penetration stats from Sotovik.Ru
Travel Statistics -
Russia, 2005
Visits to Russia in 2002 and 2004 |
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From Country / Year: |
2004 Tourist Visas |
2004 Total Traveled |
2002 Tourist Vsas |
2002 Total Traveled |
Note: in brackets - (x/y), where x - percent of the total population traveling on tourists visas, y - percent of the total population traveling to Russia. |
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Poland: | 353 986 |
1 128 651 |
979 613 | 1 209 790 |
Germany: | 351 099 |
567 204 | 287 255 | 493 267 |
China: | 283 839 | 813 195 | 266 984 | 725 825 |
Finland: | 242 816 | 1 092 328 | 229 863 | 1 161 233 |
USA: (0.060% / 0.1%) |
181 721 | 308 304 | 110 079 | 235 696 |
France: (0.24% / 0.3%) |
141 113 | 209 195 | 80 332 | 146 604 |
Italy: | 123 397 | 192 039 | 101 675 | 154 319 |
Great Britain: (0.19% / 0.37%) |
115 622 | 214 961 | 67202 | 149 384 |
Ukraine: | 84 320 | 6 685 527 | 260 053 | 8 229 840 |
Estonia: | 74 165 | 521 097 | 44 936 | 386 537 |
Japan: | 56 780 | 92 329 | 41 555 | 73 734 |
Spain: | 51 395 | 69 096 | 44 462 | 58 557 |
Turkey: (0.062% / 0.29%) |
41 888 | 178 343 | 19 142 | 118 700 |
Netherlands: (0.20% / 0.47%) |
33 101 | 78 364 | 22 065 | 63 975 |
Austria: (0.4% / 0.73%) |
32 404 | 58 747 | 16 045 | 37 869 |
Sweden: (0.4% / 0.83%) |
31 892 | 73 684 | 20 601 | 55 652 |
Switzerland: (0.32% / 0.71%) |
24 369 | 50 139 | 13 572 | 25 495 |
Greece: (0.17% / 0.29%) |
18 735 | 32 835 | 8 697 | 25 829 |
Australia: (0.097% / 0.12%) |
14 189 | 23 546 | 8 202 | 16 672 |
Other Countries: | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Total visits on business visas: | 2 723 000 | 3 014 000 | ||
Total visits: | 2 860 802 | 22 064 213 | 3 105 563 | 23 308 711 |
Comment: The |
Sources: travel
stats from Federal Border Service, Russia and Federal Tourism Agency,
Russia