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Armenia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Armenia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
12.87%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +625.5% since 1991
Unemployment for Armenia was 12.87% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.52% in 2010. The lowest was 1.77% in 1991 (about 7.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.00% per year.
Armenia ranks 22 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Armenia sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 30%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
12.87%
First (1991)
1.77%
Change
+625.5%
Highest
19.52%
in 2010
Lowest
1.77%
in 1991
Average
12.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.00%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.87% |
| 2024 | 12.41% |
| 2023 | 12.41% |
| 2022 | 13.45% |
| 2021 | 15.47% |
| 2020 | 18.18% |
| 2019 | 18.3% |
| 2018 | 18.97% |
| 2017 | 17.7% |
| 2016 | 17.62% |
| 2015 | 18.26% |
| 2014 | 17.5% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.