Russian Regions’ Social Development and Demography: Autumn Trends of 2018

Natalia V. Zubarevich – Main Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Doctor of Geographic Sciences, Professor (Moscow, Russia). r. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Aleksandra Ya. Burdyak – Senior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ramilya R. Khasanova – Senior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nikita V. Mkrtchyan – Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Geographic Sciences (Moscow, Russia). Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

By September-October 2018, most regions saw positive trends in industry; the rate of unemployment and partial employment remained low. At the same time, compared with the previous year investments and the rate of commissioning of new housing decreased in a half of regions, while households’ real incomes, in three-fourth of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Budget revenues increased on the back of individual income tax revenues, profit tax revenues and transfers.

Households failed to pay 2.8% of bills for housing and public utilities as a year before in January-September 2017. For a number of years, leader regions and outsiders as regards debts on housing and public utilities did not virtually change:  the minimum debt was in the Central and Southern Federal Districts, while the maximum one, in the North Caucasian Federal District where it amounted to 15.7% in the specified period.

In the first three quarters of 2018, the natural decline in the population amounted to 173,400 persons. The rate of mortality increased and the birth rate declined as compared to the similar period of the previous year. An increase in the population on the back of international migration became smaller and made up for the natural decline in the population by only 52%.

Key words: regional analysis, budget revenues, birth rate, mortality rate, migration, social indices, households’ payments for housing and public utilities.