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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2024)		2 974^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		104.5^a
Capital city		Yerevan
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		1 083.3^c
UN membership date		02 March 1992
Surface area (km2)		29 743^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		86.7^a
National currency		Armenian Dram (AMD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		404.8^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	10 553	12 642	19 514^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.2	-7.2	12.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	3 666.1	4 505.9	7 018.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	18.9	12.4	11.4^b
Economy: Industry^e,g (% of Gross Value Added)	28.2	29.3	27.7^b
Economy: Services and other activity^e,h (% of GVA)	52.9	58.2	60.9^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	52.2	52.4	52.4^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	15.4	13	14^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	32.4	34.6	33.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	12.3ⁱ	12.2	8.3ⁱ
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	55.7 / 69.4	57.7 / 67.9	55.5 / 67.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	125	131	155^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	107	85	84^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	1 483	2 332	8 371^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	3 257	4 451	12 022^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 774	- 2 119	- 3 651^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-281	-505	-510^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.1	-0.7	-0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	63.1	63.2^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.6	1.6	1.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.9 / 70.1	76.3 / 61.9	79.6 / 71.6^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	20.1 / 16.1	20.2 / 19.0	19.2 / 20.4^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	191.2 / 6.5^l	190.3 / 6.4^l	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	16	19.1	35.9^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	14.6	11.4	10.4^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	10.1	12.2	12.3^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3	3.1^c	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.8	2.7	2.8^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.0 / 102.7	96.1 / 97.1	92.3 / 93.5^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.5 / 103.4ⁿ	99.4 / 100.9	101.1 / 102.1^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.3 / 85.9	86.8 / 84.2	89.1 / 86.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.6	1.9	2.2^m
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	10.7	23.5^o	36.4^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	59.1	76.5	77^b
Research & Development expenditure^p (% of GDP)	0.2	0.2^q	0.2^q,b
Threatened species (number)	111	119	120^d
Forested area (% of land area)	11.6	11.5	11.5^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.4 / 1.9	6.5 / 2.3	7.1 / 2.5^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	45	45	39^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	47	56	57^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 192	375	1 666^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	22.6	22.6	22.6^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	1.1 / ...	0.0 / ...	0.0 / ...^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.16	1.02	1.2^m

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		2023
e		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
f		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		Including refugees.
m		2021
n		2010
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Excluding business enterprise.
q		Excluding private non-profit.