# Russia’s Demographic Decline and Healthcare Funding

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118332304367972376
- Source account: [@NaSutkiOdessa](https://x.com/NaSutkiOdessa)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:16
- Published: 2026-11-05
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## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=1) Good afternoon, esteemed colleagues! Unfortunately, in the Russian Federation the catastrophic natural population decline continues.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=8) By the end of 2026, it will once again amount to around 600,000 people.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=12) The demographic situation is one of the main indicators of how effectively a state functions.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=17) There are many reasons for today's demographic crisis, but today I will focus on the national healthcare system.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=22) Scientists believe that high mortality and relatively low life expectancy in the Russian Federation are linked to the state of the healthcare system.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=30) The healthcare system's contribution, together with prevention, to these figures is around 30 percent.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=35) So, what determines how modern the healthcare system is?

[0:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=37) Well, first, of course, there are costs and funding, and second, efficiency and results.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=42) Let’s look at total government spending on the public healthcare system of the Russian Federation in recent years.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=48) Despite the nominal increase in spending, its share of GDP has remained virtually unchanged in recent years.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=53) It’s three and a half, three point seven percent of GDP.

[0:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=56) In developed countries, this figure is eight to ten percent, while in countries comparable to us in terms of economic development, it’s five to six percent.

[1:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=63) These figures are on the slide. If we look at healthcare funding at purchasing power parity per capita, then we’re behind the newer European countries by about forty percent.

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/ROcawlvvao7X/en/russia-s-demographic-decline-and-healthcare-funding?t=74) We