The NCFD has the fewest residents with above-average incomes

Ingushetia and the KChR are named the most lagging regions in terms of the share of residents with incomes above the national average (45 thousand rubles). Those are 4.4% and 6.7% of citizens, respectively, according to the calculations of the analytical service of the audit and consulting network FinExpertiza.

In other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District, the situation looks better, but they are also outsiders. In the Stavropol Territory, 14.9% of residents have an income of 45 thousand rubles per month, in North Ossetia - 15.6%, in Chechnya - 17.9%, in Kabardino-Balkaria - 18.8%, in Dagestan - 22, 2%.

The maximum share of the population with an income level above 45 thousand rubles in the Russian Federation was recorded in Chukotka (78.2%), Yamal (74.2%) and Moscow (74%). The national average is 36.2%.

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