ARMENIA

Capital Yerevan
Area (km2) 29 743
Total population (thousands, 2019) 2 962
Population density (per km2) 100
National currency Armenian dram (AMD)
National statistical office www.armstat.am
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
Women in the labour force, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2019 35%
   hourly wage, 2015 33%
Women in part-time employment, 2019
   percentage of employed women 22%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2003
   percentage of total for both sexes 14%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 52%
Life expectancy at birth, 2019
   females, years 79.5
   males, years 73.1
Life expectancy at 65, 2019
   females, years 17.9
   males, years 15.2
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 1.6
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 16.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 25.2
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-6.2
0.5
3.6
2.8
-2.3
-5.6
Unemployment rate
 (%)
17.6
17.7
13.3
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..
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
36.6
38.4
33.5
32.6
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GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2020 39 352
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 13 286
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 35.0
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 43.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 11 997
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   AMD per USD, US=1, 2020 157.091
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 12
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 14

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2020 703
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2020 1 753
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 1 974
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2020 117
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2020 27
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 842
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 2 403
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 1 505