ARMENIA

Capital Yerevan
Area (km2) 29 743
Total population (thousands, 2021) 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, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 45%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 35%
   hourly wage ..
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 22%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 56%
Female victims of homicide, 2003
   percentage of total for both sexes 14%
Women researchers, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 53%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 77.4
   males, years 67.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 16.4
   males, years 12.8
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 12.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 25.7
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
3.6
2.7
-2.3
3.4
4.3
3.5
Unemployment rate
 (%)
13.3
12.3
12.0
10.1
7.9
8.3
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
33.5
32.6
32.3
30.5
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..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 63 976
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 21 388
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 72.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 73.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 16 672
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   AMD per USD, US=1, 2023 148.377
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, 2022 2 067
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 108
   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