Employment in industry in Armenia

21.3% of employed people in Armenia worked in industry in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Measure: Employment in industry Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Armenia, 2025 21.3% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 20.9%
World, 2025 23.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 67th of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in industry in Armenia over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in industry (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period ArmeniaWorld
2025 21.3% 23.7%
2024 20.9% 23.6%
2023 20.5% 23.5%
2022 21.2% 23.6%
2021 18.7% 23.6%
2020 18.4% 23.3%
2019 19.1% 23.5%
2018 18.9% 23.5%
2017 16.7% 23.4%
2016 15.8% 23.3%
2015 15.9% 23.3%
2014 16.7% 23.5%
2013 16.7% 23.5%
2012 17.1% 23.6%
2011 16.3% 23.2%
2010 16.7% 22.9%
2009 16.7% 22.5%
2008 16.9% 22.6%
2007 16.5% 22.5%
2006 15.9% 21.9%
2005 15.4% 21.4%
2004 15.0% 21.0%
2003 14.9% 20.6%
2002 14.8% 20.6%
2001 14.7% 20.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 20.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.9%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Armenia has the 67th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 23.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.IND.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Armenia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates