Armenia Capital Yerevan
Currency AMD · Armenian dram
Language Armenian
Area 29,740 km²
Since 1991
ISO ARM · AM
Watermark portrait: Serzh Sargsyan — THE COUNTRY —
Country in West Asia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and financial center.
Text: Wikipedia — Armenia CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-01
Capital Yerevan
Currency Armenian dram (AMD)
Official language Armenian
Drives on the Right
Calling code +374
Licence plate code AM
Top-level domain .am
Independence / founding 23 Sep 1991
Highest point Mount Aragats (4,090 m)
Lowest point Debed
Anthem Mer Hayrenik Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
Land covered by forest
11.6% % of land area
#154 of 213 2023
Forest area
3,276 km²
#148 of 213 2023
Agricultural land
58.6% % of land area
#41 of 209 2023
Farmable (arable) land
15.7% % of land area
#66 of 206 2023
Land area
29,740 km²
#139 of 215 2023
— PEOPLE —
Population
3.1M people
#137 of 216 2025
Population growth
1.7% % per year
#61 of 216 2025
Population density
105 people per km²
#100 of 215 2023
People living in cities
65.9% % of population
#103 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
1.9% % per year
#74 of 216 2025
People living rurally
34.1% % of population
#114 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
19.0% % of population
#131 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
66.6% % of population
#65 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
14.4% % of population
#70 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
50.2% % of working-age population
#152 of 216 2025
Female population
% of population
2025
Births per woman
2 births per woman
#129 of 216 2024
Birth rate
11.1 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#134 of 216 2024
Death rate
8.4 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#75 of 216 2024
Net migration
-29,013 people (5-year total)
#182 of 216 2025
Migrants living in the country
9.2% % of population
#85 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
GDP
$29.24B current US$
#116 of 211 2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
$76.41B current int'l $
#113 of 199 2025
GDP per person
$9,474 current US$
#107 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$24,754 current int'l $
#92 of 199 2025
GDP growth
7.2% % per year
#18 of 210 2025
GDP per person growth
5.4% % per year
#26 of 210 2025
Gross national income
$28.37B current US$
#116 of 204 2025
Gross national income per person
$9,020 current US$
#98 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$24,020 current int'l $
#90 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 30 MORE Inflation
3.3% % per year
#102 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
3.6% % per year
#117 of 209 2025
Real interest rate
9.9% %
#22 of 134 2025
Lending interest rate
13.8% %
#36 of 134 2025
Government debt
47.9% % of GDP
#27 of 63 2024
Government revenue
24.1% % of GDP
#85 of 149 2024
Government spending
20.9% % of GDP
#99 of 149 2023
Government consumption
10.2% % of GDP
#158 of 181 2025
Household consumption
71.1% % of GDP
#55 of 181 2025
Investment (gross capital formation)
24.2% % of GDP
#78 of 178 2025
Fixed investment
21.4% % of GDP
#101 of 173 2025
Gross savings
16.9% % of GDP
#117 of 168 2025
Foreign investment inflows
$605.1M current US$
#116 of 201 2025
Foreign investment inflows
2.1% % of GDP
#101 of 198 2025
Foreign investment outflows
0.9% % of GDP
#58 of 179 2025
Current account balance
-7.2% % of GDP
#151 of 191 2025
Foreign reserves
$5.09B current US$
#104 of 177 2025
External debt
$16.40B current US$
#70 of 121 2024
Income inequality (Gini)
27 0-100
#16 of 147 2024
People below the poverty line
0.8% % of population
#52 of 147 2024
Income share held by richest 10%
23.3% %
#25 of 147 2024
Income share held by poorest 10%
%
2024
Stock market value
18.7% % of GDP
#68 of 88 2024
Money sent home by workers abroad
$1.43B current US$
#82 of 186 2025
Foreign aid received
0.9% % of GNI
#95 of 137 2023
Exchange rate
387 local currency per US$
#48 of 211 2025
Agriculture's share of the economy
7.9% % of GDP
#86 of 199 2025
Industry's share of the economy
23.1% % of GDP
#105 of 202 2025
Manufacturing's share of the economy
11.0% % of GDP
#89 of 195 2025
Services' share of the economy
61.3% % of GDP
#77 of 202 2025
— TRADE —
Exports
48.1% % of GDP
#56 of 187 2025
Imports
53.6% % of GDP
#70 of 187 2025
Trade balance
-5.5% % of GDP
#112 of 187 2025
Total trade (openness)
73.3% % of GDP
#60 of 205 2025
Goods exported
$8.40B current US$
#112 of 207 2025
Goods imported
$13.04B current US$
#105 of 207 2025
Services exported
$6.12B current US$
#90 of 191 2025
Services imported
$4.65B current US$
#95 of 191 2025
Goods and services exported
$14.65B current US$
#99 of 191 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
$16.24B current US$
#104 of 191 2025
High-tech share of exports
23.6% % of manufactured exports
#26 of 179 2024
Terms of trade
108 index
#75 of 206 2024
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
78.3 yrs years
#63 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
81.7 yrs years
#58 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
75.1 yrs years
#71 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
8.5 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#75 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
9.6 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#72 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
19 per 100,000 live births
#70 of 194 2023
Health spending
9.3% % of GDP
#39 of 193 2023
Health spending per person
$767 current US$
#70 of 193 2023
Physicians
3.4 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#52 of 187 2022
▸ ISSUE 10 MORE Nurses and midwives
4.7 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#77 of 196 2022
Hospital beds
4.2 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#33 of 157 2023
Access to clean drinking water
99.9% % of population
#46 of 214 2024
Access to basic sanitation
93.7% % of population
#107 of 213 2024
Suicide rate
2 per 100,000 people
#23 of 185 2021
Adults who smoke
26.2% % of adults
#125 of 166 2024
HIV prevalence
0.4% % aged 15-49
#74 of 153 2024
Tuberculosis cases
19 per 100,000 people
#79 of 208 2024
Undernourishment
% of population
2023
Children vaccinated against measles
96.0% % of children 12-23 months
#46 of 193 2024
— LEARNING —
Education spending
2.4% % of GDP
#164 of 190 2023
Education spending
8.7% % of government spending
#163 of 189 2025
Adult literacy
% aged 15+
2023
Youth literacy
% aged 15-24
2023
Primary school enrolment
102.0% % gross
#78 of 200 2024
Secondary school enrolment
90.9% % gross
#98 of 188 2024
University enrolment
52.8% % gross
#79 of 167 2024
Primary school completion
98.2% % of relevant age group
#57 of 180 2024
Pupils per teacher, primary school
15 pupils per teacher
#62 of 160 2018
▸ ISSUE 1 MORE Years of compulsory education
12.0 yrs years
#33 of 197 2025
— WORK —
Unemployment
12.9% % of labour force
#165 of 186 2025
Youth unemployment
26.2% % of labour force aged 15-24
#161 of 186 2025
Labour force participation
59.4% % aged 15+
#109 of 186 2025
Women in the labour force
51.1% % of women aged 15+
#114 of 186 2025
8 of 12 figures unavailable for Armenia.
— CONNECTED —
Money earned from tourism
$303.0M current US$
#107 of 175 2020
17 of 18 figures unavailable for Armenia.
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
2 tonnes per person
#97 of 203 2024
Carbon emissions
7 Mt CO2
#83 of 203 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions
11 Mt CO2-equivalent
#65 of 203 2024
Protected land
38.9% % of land area
#20 of 213 2025
Freshwater withdrawn
44.8% % of internal resources
#144 of 177 2022
Renewable water available per person
2,310 m³ per person
#97 of 183 2022
Renewable energy use
9.1% % of final energy consumption
#150 of 212 2021
Electricity from renewables
30.0% % of total
#91 of 206 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels
42.2% % of total
#72 of 209 2022
▸ ISSUE 2 MORE Electricity from nuclear power
30.8% % of total
#11 of 208 2023
Energy imported (net)
76.9% % of energy use
#25 of 143 2022
1 of 12 figures unavailable for Armenia.
— STATE —
Military spending
% of GDP
2024
Military spending
$1.42B current US$
#73 of 160 2024
Military spending
18.3% % of government spending
#12 of 153 2024
Armed forces personnel
47,000 people
#71 of 170 2020
Armed forces
3.2% % of labour force
#14 of 168 2020
Tax revenue
22.4% % of GDP
#35 of 149 2024
Homicides
2 per 100,000 people
#75 of 158 2023