{{Short description|Economic region in Russia}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Volga Economic Region | native_name = Поволжский экономический район | native_name_lang = ru | settlement_type = [[economic regions of Russia|Economic region]] | image_skyline = View of Kazan.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Kazan]], the largest city in the region | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map of Russia - Volga economic region (with Crimea).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Volga Economic Region | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{RUS}} | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_rural_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_metro_footnotes = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_magnitude = <!-- <ref> </ref> --> | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = <!-- square kilometers --> | area_total_km2 = 539,817 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = <!-- hectares --> | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = [[2021 Russian census|(2021)]] | population_total = 15,811,548 | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/VRP_s_1998.xlsx|title = Валовой региональный продукт|website=rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref> |demographics2_title1 = Total |demographics2_info1 = [[Russian Ruble|₽]] 9,428 billion<br /> [[US$]] 128.221 billion (2021) | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }}
The '''Volga Economic Region'''{{efn|{{lang-rus|Поволжский экономический район|r=Povolzhskiy ekonomicheskiy rayon|p=pɐˈvoɫʂskʲɪj ɪkənɐˈmʲitɕɪskʲɪj rɐˈjɵn}}}} is one of 12 [[economic regions of Russia]].
==Composition== *[[Astrakhan Oblast]] (part of [[Southern Federal District]]) *[[Kalmykia|Republic of Kalmykia]] (part of Southern Federal District) *[[Penza Oblast]] (part of [[Volga Federal District]]) *[[Samara Oblast]] (part of Volga Federal District) *[[Saratov Oblast]] (part of Volga Federal District) *[[Tatarstan|Republic of Tatarstan]] (part of Volga Federal District) *[[Ulyanovsk Oblast]] (part of Volga Federal District) *[[Volgograd Oblast]] (part of Southern Federal District)
==Socio-economic indicators== The Volga economic region accounted for almost 8 percent of Russia's national [[Gross regional product|GRP]] in 2008. Popular approval of economic change is well above average in this region, both in terms of the rating of the national economy and the expectation of improvements in their own lives and in the household economy. People are also more likely than the average to have consumer goods. Life expectancy for men and women is also just above the national average.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
However, reported [[GDP per capita]] is below the national average, and the regional wage levels are one-sixth below the national average. However, the likelihood of not being paid regularly is also below the national average. The discrepancies between these data and positive optimism of individuals can be influenced by the fact that in the Volga economic region those reporting having a second job are also above the national average.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cspp/Volga-1.shtml |title=Volga<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015134436/http://abdn.ac.uk/cspp/Volga-1.shtml |archive-date=2007-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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[[Category:Economic regions of Russia]] [[Category:Volga basin|*]]