Key indicators of postal service development
at year-end
Billions of letters and millions of parcels pass through the postal system annually, and these 2010–2023 indicators reflect the scale of postal services. Table rows are categorized by item type: written correspondence and printed publications are measured in billions, while parcels are measured in millions of units. Volume changes for each category can be tracked by columns from 2010 to 2023, with data recorded at the end of each calendar year for the entire country
Chart of postal item volumes: written correspondence, printed publications, and parcels from 2010 to 2023
- written correspondence, billion — value
- printed publications, billion — value
- parcels, million — value
- postal money transfers, million — value
- pension and benefit payments, million — value
See also
- Divorces in Russia by year long time series by year
- Marriages in Russia by year long time series by year
Set in numbers
5 series are published here in at year-end, from 2010 to 2023, 4 reporting periods. 20 values in total.
“written correspondence, billion — value” declined by 12.5% between 2010 and 2023, from 1.6 to 1.4.
All table numbers are series: 5
| Series | 2010 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| письменной корреспонденции, млрд — значение | 1,60 | 1,40 | 1,40 | 1,40 |
| печатных изданий, млрд — значение | 1,50 | 0,50 | 0,40 | 0,40 |
| посылок, млн — значение | 51,00 | 155,00 | 119,00 | 97,10 |
| почтовых переводов денежных средств, млн — значение | 113,00 | 37,00 | 27,00 | 23,50 |
| выплат пенсий и пособий, млн — значение | 534,00 | 256,00 | 225,00 | 215,00 |
How to read this table
Three table rows allow for comparing changes in demand across different service types. For example, written correspondence was 1.6 billion in 2010, reaching 1.4 billion in 2023. Comparing these series shows how user preferences for sending printed publications and parcels changed over thirteen years. Each value is tied to a specific year, enabling an assessment of postal exchange intensity during different periods of communications development
What is visible in these numbers
“pension and benefit payments, million — value” leads the table with 215 at year-end, “printed publications, billion — value” closes it with 0.4 at year-end. The gap between them is 538-fold.
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Period and application
The data is sourced from the 2024 Russian Statistical Yearbook and contains current information on the postal industry. This data is useful for logistics specialists, communications market analysts, and those studying the development dynamics of infrastructure services in Russia. Rosstat updates these indicators annually, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all postal item types in the country for long-term research
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