12 December 2024

Highest wage growth in EAEU recorded in Belarus in January-September 2024

 

Belarus reported the highest growth of real wages among the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in January-September 2024, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).

In January-September 2024, wages increased in all EAEU countries year-on-year. The average monthly real wages in Belarus went up by 13% and in Russia – by 9%," the EEC noted. Real wages in Kyrgyzstan grew by 6.7%, in Armenia - by 6.6%, in Kazakhstan - by 2.9%.

Belarus also recorded the highest growth of nominal wages over the period - by 19.6%. In Russia it went up by 18%, in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - by 11.8%, in Armenia - by 6.6%.

In January-September 2024, the average monthly nominal salary amounted to: in Armenia - $713 in equivalent, in Belarus - $690, in Kazakhstan - $854, in Kyrgyzstan - $409, in Russia - $928.