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.