Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Armenia

Youth unemployment in Armenia in 2025 — 26.24%. Ranked 158 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 24.3 pp.

2025 26.24% −0.41 pp vs 2024
World rank 158of 182
Period maximum 39.53%2009
Period minimum 1.95%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Armenia, 1991–202501020304019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 1.95%1992: 1.97%1993: 5.72%1994: 7.25%1995: 7.14%1996: 9.81%1997: 11.39%1998: 10.12%1999: 12.22%2000: 12.19%2001: 12.16%2002: 12.1%2003: 12.04%2004: 12.01%2005: 11.98%2006: 11.95%2007: 11.92%2008: 35.61%2009: 39.53%2010: 37.52%2011: 38.08%2012: 34.3%2013: 35.03%2014: 36.38%2015: 31.85%2016: 35.66%2017: 37.73%2018: 33.62%2019: 32.61%2020: 32.08%2021: 30.1%2022: 26.69%2023: 26.74%2024: 26.66%2025: 26.24%
Change over the period: +24.3 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Armenia 26.24%
World 13.41%
Western Asia computed 18.31%
Youth unemployment — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 26.24 −0.41 pp
2024 26.66 −0.08 pp
2023 26.74 +0.05 pp
2022 26.69 −3.4 pp
2021 30.1 −1.98 pp
2020 32.08 −0.53 pp
2019 32.61 −1.01 pp
2018 33.62 −4.11 pp
2017 37.73 +2.07 pp
2016 35.66 +3.8 pp
2015 31.85 −4.52 pp
2014 36.38 +1.34 pp
2013 35.03 +0.73 pp
2012 34.3 −3.78 pp
2011 38.08 +0.56 pp
2010 37.52 −2.01 pp
2009 39.53 +3.92 pp
2008 35.61 +23.69 pp
2007 11.92 −0.03 pp
2006 11.95 −0.02 pp
2005 11.98 −0.03 pp
2004 12.01 −0.03 pp
2003 12.04 −0.06 pp
2002 12.1 −0.06 pp
2001 12.16 −0.03 pp
2000 12.19 −0.02 pp
1999 12.22 +2.1 pp
1998 10.12 −1.28 pp
1997 11.39 +1.58 pp
1996 9.81 +2.67 pp
1995 7.14 −0.1 pp
1994 7.25 +1.53 pp
1993 5.72 +3.75 pp
1992 1.97 +0.02 pp
1991 1.95

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

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