Assessment of the social and economic status of the Republic of Buryatia as a part of the Far Eastern federal district

The article analyzes the main indicators of the social and economic development of the Far East rgegions in the gross regional product, the number of the unemployed, natural population growth and per capita cash income. For each of these indicators, an analysis is carried out and diagrams are constructed in the context of 11 subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District, clearly reflecting both the leading regions with the highest values of the indicator and outsiders. According to the results of the study, it is revealed that the Republic of Buryatia is in the lists of lagging regions in almost all selected indicators, and the Chukotka Autonomous Region is the leader. The reason for this is different levels of consumer prices in the regions: in the first it is much lower due to more favorable climatic conditions, geographical position, more developed infrastructure, including logistics.