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Employment in services — Armenia

Employment in services in Armenia in 2025 — 51.7%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.2 pp.

2025 51.7% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 116of 182
Period maximum 52.9%2021
Period minimum 36.5%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Armenia, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 37.6%1992: 37%1993: 36.6%1994: 36.5%1995: 36.7%1996: 36.8%1997: 36.9%1998: 37%1999: 37.2%2000: 37.3%2001: 37.6%2002: 38%2003: 39.5%2004: 41%2005: 42.5%2006: 43.8%2007: 45%2008: 45.1%2009: 45%2010: 45.1%2011: 45.9%2012: 46.3%2013: 48.3%2014: 48.4%2015: 48.8%2016: 50.6%2017: 51.9%2018: 48.3%2019: 50.4%2020: 52.2%2021: 52.9%2022: 49.5%2023: 51.5%2024: 51.6%2025: 51.7%
Change over the period: +14.2 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Armenia

Armenia 51.7%
World 50.6%
Europe & Central Asia 69.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 52.9%
Employment in services — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 51.7 +0.1 pp
2024 51.6 +0.2 pp
2023 51.5 +1.9 pp
2022 49.5 −3.4 pp
2021 52.9 +0.7 pp
2020 52.2 +1.9 pp
2019 50.4 +2.1 pp
2018 48.3 −3.6 pp
2017 51.9 +1.3 pp
2016 50.6 +1.9 pp
2015 48.8 +0.3 pp
2014 48.4 +0.1 pp
2013 48.3 +2 pp
2012 46.3 +0.4 pp
2011 45.9 +0.8 pp
2010 45.1 +0.1 pp
2009 45 −0.1 pp
2008 45.1 +0.1 pp
2007 45 +1.2 pp
2006 43.8 +1.3 pp
2005 42.5 +1.5 pp
2004 41 +1.5 pp
2003 39.5 +1.5 pp
2002 38 +0.5 pp
2001 37.6 +0.2 pp
2000 37.3 +0.1 pp
1999 37.2 +0.2 pp
1998 37 +0.1 pp
1997 36.9 +0.1 pp
1996 36.8 +0.1 pp
1995 36.7 +0.1 pp
1994 36.5 −0 pp
1993 36.6 −0.4 pp
1992 37 −0.6 pp
1991 37.6 —

Western Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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