Most young workers in Chechnya and Dagestan

The North Caucasus and Siberia have the highest number of able-bodied citizens under the age of 30 in 2022. The leaders on this indicator were Chechnya (26.4%), Dagestan (21.1%), Trans-Baikal Territory (19.2%), Altai (19%), Yakutia (18.8%), Irkutsk Region (18.7%) and Tyva (18.5%), according to Finiza analysts.

In the Russian Federation as a whole, the number of workers under the age of 35 fell by 1.3 million, reaching 21.5 million, or 29.8 per cent of all employees. It is the lowest in the country’s recent history. The number of young workers has been declining steadily over the past 10 years, down by 6 million.

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