Facts and figures of Armenia

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)
The land, people and electoral cycle

Population (million)

3.0

Official language

Armenian

Under 15 (%)

18 (18)

Form of government

Constitutional republic

Population density (per km2)

106 (37)

Last election

April 2nd 2017

Land area (thousand km2)

28.5

The economy

GDP, current prices (billion USD)

10.5

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

29.8 (28.5)

GDP growth

3.0 (2.1)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

41.9 (28.2)

GDP per capita, PPP (thousand USD)

7.9 (38.0)

GDP shares (%)

Inflation rate

3.7 (0.2)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

19.3 (1.6)

General government total expenditure (% of GDP)

26.4

Industry, including construction

28.8 (24.2)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

21.5

Services

51.9 (74.2)

Well-being

Life satisfaction (average on 1-10 scale)c

4.3 (6.5)

Proportion of population under national minimum income standard (%)b

30.0

Life expectancyb

75 (80)

Unemployment rate (%)b

17.1 (7.3)

Income inequality (Gini coefficient)b

32 (31)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15 to 24, %)b

35.1 (16.4)

Gender inequality (SIGI index)b

0.24 (0.02)

Satisfaction with the availability of affordable housing (% satisfied)c

34 (46)

Labour force participation (% of 15 to 64 year old)b

67.8 (70.7)

Enrolment rates

Employment-to-population ratio (15 and over, %)b

52.9 (55.2)

Primary (Net)a

84 (96)

Population with access to improved sanitation facilities (%)c

89.5

Secondary (Gross)a

97 (104)

Mean years of schoolingc

11.3

Tertiary (Gross)b

44 (70)

a. Data from 2010 or older.

b. Data for 2014.

c. Data for 2015.

Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (database), http://data.worldbank.org/, Washington, DC; OECD, SIGI Social Institutions and Gender index, www.genderindex.org/; IMF, World Economic Outlook Database, International Monetary Fund, October 2016 edition, Washington, DC; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, http://stats.uis.unesco.org; Gallup (2015), Gallup World Poll (database), Gallup Organisation.