Since the start of the war, prices for coffins in Russia have skyrocketed by 105%
8 August 12:14
A funeral boom and war-driven inflation, which has engulfed the economy, have driven prices in the Russian funeral services market to record highs. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian", citing Russian propaganda media.
The cost of manufacturing a coffin has jumped by 105% since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, according to data from Rosstat’s Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System. Thus, in June 2026, a coffin cost an average of 9,167 rubles across Russia, compared to 4,469 rubles in February 2022.
A noticeable rise in coffin prices began in the first months of the invasion of Ukraine: between February and August 2022, the cost of manufacturing them increased by 12%, or 548 rubles. A new wave of funeral-related inflation occurred shortly after the announcement of mobilization: while a single coffin cost 4,998 rubles in September 2022, by February 2023 the price had risen to 6,669 rubles, which is 33% more expensive. Overall, coffin prices rose by 13.6% in 2022, by 37.2% in 2023, by 11.6% in 2024, by 9.3% in 2025, and by another 7% in the first half of 2026.
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According to Rosstat statistics, the cost of digging graves is rising at a slightly slower pace: in February 2022, this service cost 7,849 rubles; in January 2023, it was already 8,862 rubles; in January 2024—10,096 rubles, and on December 1—12,576 rubles. The increase since the start of the war has reached 60%. Starting in 2026, Rosstat excluded “grave digging” from the consumer basket used to calculate inflation and stopped publishing prices for the service.
According to Rosstat, the funeral industry’s total revenue last year reached 128 billion rubles, more than 1.5 times higher than in the pre-war year of 2021. Over the course of the year, 1,543 new funeral service organizations opened in the country, and in the first half of 2026, their number grew at a record rate over the past five years—995 companies entered the funeral business.
Demand for funeral services in Russia is growing as casualties in Ukraine mount, reaching levels not seen in any war since World War II. According to estimates by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), as of June 2026, the Russian army had lost 1.4 million personnel, including 450,000 killed—a figure comparable to the entire population of Kursk or Sochi.
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