A helicopter delivers mail to the Kolguev Island, the Nenets autonomous district.
Photo: Michail Galustov
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Living Standards in Russia Differ 8.6 Fold
The maximum per capita income of the nation (the Nenets autonomous district) was 8.6 times above the minimal one (Ingushetia) in Russia in January through September, the Federal Statistics Service concluded. The 9-month variation ratio for per capita income was 42.6 percent.
Regardless, the actual salary of the population surged in all regions of the country. Of interest is that exactly Ingushetia as well as the Moscow, Belgorod and Kaluga regions, Ust-Ordynsky Buryatsky district led with the growth of over 20 percent. The variation ratio was just 3.2 percent for the regions of Russia.
Chechnya led in registered unemployment; the unemployed accounted for 64.1 percent of economically active population there. The unemployment was the lowest (less than 0.9 percent) in the Krasnodar district, Moscow, Smolensk, Tula, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Tver, Nizhni Novgorod, Orenburg and Kaluga regions as well as in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The variation ratio of registered unemployment was 77.4 percent (less Chechnya and Ingushetia).
The Perm region posted the highest surge in consumer prices. There, the prices soared 10.6 percent from January through September. The growth in manufacturers’ prices was the highest in the Tyumen region (37.1 percent) and in Tatarstan (35.9 percent). The variation ratio for consumer prices and the prices of manufacturers was 1.1 percent and 7.9 percent respectively.
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