Economic regions of Russia explained

Russia is divided into twelve economic regions (Russian: экономи́ческие райо́ны|ekonomicheskiye rayony) — groups of federal subjects sharing the following characteristics:

Common economic and social goals and participation in development programs;
Relatively similar economic conditions and potential;
Similar climatic, ecological, and geological conditions;
Similar methods of technical inspection of new construction;
Similar methods of conducting customs oversight;
Overall similar living conditions of the population.

No federal subject can belong to more than one economic region.

Economic regions are also grouped into economic zones (also called "macrozones"). An economic region or its parts can belong to more than one economic zone.

Establishment and abolition of economic regions and economic zones or any changes in their composition are decided upon by the federal government of Russia.

This division into economic regions is different from the division into federal districts. The former are solely for economic and statistical purposes, and the latter exist solely to uphold the federal laws on the territory of the country.

Table

Economic region	Population (2021)	Area (km2)
	33,276,581	482,300
	7,057,951	167,900
	6,096,127	3,371,800
	7,975,762	6,952,600
	1,029,966	15,100
	22,642,000	381,600
	4,101,852	1,476,600
	8,785,379	195,200
	18,416,392	823,300
	15,811,458	539,800
	6,968,440	264,800
	16,281,060	2,454,000

List and composition of the economic regions

The following is the list and composition^[1] of the economic regions, sorted by population.

Central Black Earth (Russian: Центрально-Чернозёмный, Tsentralno-Chernozyomny)

Central (Russian: Центральный, Tsentralny)

East Siberian (Russian: Восточно-Сибирский, Vostochno-Sibirsky)

Far Eastern (Russian: Дальневосточный, Dalnevostochny)

Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининградский, Kaliningradsky)

Kaliningrad Oblast

North Caucasus (Russian: Северо-Кавказский, Severo-Kavkazsky)

Northern (Russian: Северный, Severny)

Northwestern (Russian: Северо-Западный, Severo-Zapadny)

Ural (Russian: Уральский, Uralsky)

Volga (Russian: Поволжский, Povolzhsky), the traditional name of the region, meaning "the area by the Volga River"

Volga-Vyatka (Russian: Волго-Вятский, Volgo-Vyatsky)

West Siberian (Russian: Западно-Сибирский, Zapadno-Sibirsky)

Notes and References

Russian Classification of Economic Regions (OK 024-95) as amended by #5-2001

Economic regions of Russia explained

Table

List and composition of the economic regions

See also

Notes and References