Kazakhstan has become the only country in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) where the number of unemployed people has increased over the year, according to data from the Eurasian Economic Commission.
As of the end of February, more than 333,000 unemployed people were officially registered in Kazakhstan. This represents 3.5% of the total workforce in the country. Over the year, the figure increased by 27,000 people — from 306,000, or 3.2%.
In other EEU countries, the number of unemployed people has been decreasing. In Russia, 283,000 people are officially unemployed, or 0.4% of the total workforce. A year ago, their number was 406,300 or 0.5% (a decrease of 123,000).
In Kyrgyzstan, the number of unemployed fell from 65,100 to 48,400 people over the year (2.4% versus 1.7%). In Armenia, the figure decreased by 8,600 people — from 45,700 to 37,100 (3.4% versus 2.8%).
Belarus has the smallest number of unemployed people — 3,300 or 0.1% of the total labor force. Over the year, 1,000 people managed to find a job in the country.
In total, there were 704,900 unemployed in the EEU member states at the end of February, or 0.8%. Compared to the same date in 2024, the figure fell by 14.8%.
