| East Siberian Economic Region | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Settlement Type: | Economic region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,371,816 |
| Population Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Population Total: | 6096127 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | ₽ 5,386 billion US$ 73.250 billion (2021) |
The East Siberian Economic Region is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.
In this area of plateaus, mountains, and river basins, the major cities—Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk—are located along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. There are hydroelectric stations at Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk. Coal, gold, graphite, iron ore, aluminum ore, zinc, and lead are mined in the area, and livestock is raised. [2]
| Federal subject | Federal district | |
|---|---|---|
| Siberian Federal District | ||
| Siberian Federal District | ||
| Siberian Federal District | ||
| Siberian Federal District |
The East Siberian economic region accounted for 4 per cent of the national GRP in 2008. This sparsely populated region between Europe and Asia has high wage levels and also a relatively large portion of employees in the new private sector. Productivity is also high by Russian standards.
It ranks especially low in the migration of people into the region and population change, and in the expectation of life to improve and evaluation of the national economy.[3]