ArmInfo. As of late December 2025, Armenia had recorded 300,000 vacant job positions alongside approximately 30,000 officially registered unemployed people. Arsen Torosyan, RA Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, announced these figures during a working meeting on February 4 initiated by the ruling "Civil Contract' party, citing data from the Unified Social Services Center. He noted that this significant volume of vacancies is driven by numerous complex factors.
The primary obstacle identified by Torosyan is a skills gap. "Those seeking employment do not possess the required competencies," he clarified. Additionally, he listed several existing issues such as transportation accessibility, low wages offered, and many more. The Minister emphasized that these figures are decreasing due to active government intervention and implemented programs. He also reported that as of the end of December 2025, there were 822,662 jobs in Armenia, with 281,234 created after the Velvet Revolution. Torosyan did not rule out that a portion of these figures likely results from the formalization of the economy-jobs moving out of the "shadow" sector into legal registration- which he characterized as a positive development for the country's economic stability.
According to the RA Statistical Committee, the unemployment rate in Armenia in Q3 2025 decreased to 11.8% from 13.3% in the same period of 2024. At the same time, the country's employment rate decreased slightly year-on-year, from 52.2% in Q3 2024 to 52.1% in Q3 2025 (compared to 51.2% in Q2 2025). Specifically, the employed population amounted to 1.21 million people, down 0.1% from a year earlier, while the number increased by 1.6% over the quarter. Meanwhile, the number of unemployed decreased by 13.1% over the year, reaching 161,300 people. Over the quarter, the number of unemployed decreased by 3%.
