Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Armenia

Armenia: Labour market - FUAs — Employment was 166,330 Persons in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
166,330 Persons
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
3rd
of 3 countries
All-time high
173,697 Persons
in 2018
All-time low
143,476 Persons
in 2020
Years of data
23
2001–2023

Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Armenia, 2001–2023

050.0k100.0k150.0k2001201220232001: 152.7k Persons2002: 151.2k Persons2003: 148.3k Persons2004: 144.6k Persons2005: 151.2k Persons2006: 150.5k Persons2007: 146.4k Persons2008: 149.7k Persons2009: 146.1k Persons2010: 153.4k Persons2011: 158.3k Persons2012: 164.5k Persons2013: 165.7k Persons2014: 172.2k Persons2015: 173.1k Persons2016: 173.7k Persons2017: 173.4k Persons2018: 173.7k Persons2019: 170.3k Persons2020: 143.5k Persons2021: 158.5k Persons2022: 171.4k Persons2023: 166.3k Persons

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.

Analysis

In 2023, labour market - fuas — employment in Armenia stood at 166,330 Persons.

That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, labour market - fuas — employment in Armenia peaked at 173,697 Persons in 2018 and was at its lowest, 143,476 Persons, in 2020.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 148,955 Persons 144,598 Persons 152,672 Persons 9
2010s 167,836 Persons 153,423 Persons 173,697 Persons 10
2020s 159,913 Persons 143,476 Persons 171,382 Persons 4

Countries ranked near Armenia

  1. 1 Luxembourg 322,928 Persons compare
  2. 2 Malta 297,548 Persons compare

See the full ranking of 580 places →

More work & labour data for Armenia

All data for Armenia →

Frequently asked questions

What is labour market - fuas — employment in Armenia?
Labour market - fuas — employment in Armenia was 166,330 Persons in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Armenia?
The highest recorded value was 173,697 Persons in 2018.
What is the lowest labour market - fuas — employment recorded in Armenia?
The lowest recorded value was 143,476 Persons in 2020.
How does Armenia rank for labour market - fuas — employment?
Armenia ranks 3rd out of 3 countries with data for 2023.
Is labour market - fuas — employment rising or falling in Armenia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Armenia data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Labour market - FUAs — Employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Armenia. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/labour-market-fuas-employment/armenia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/labour-market-fuas-employment/armenia/">Labour market - FUAs — Employment in Armenia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Labour market - FUAs — Employment
Unit
Persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
580 places, 11,884 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

<p align="justify">This dataset provides labour market indicators for FUAs of more than 250 000 inhabitants, including labour force, participation rate, employment, employment to population ratio, unemployment and unemployment rate.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> When labour statistics are unavailable at a more granular level than FUAs (e.g. municipal level), the indicators are estimated by adjusting the regional (OECD TL2 and TL3 regions) values to the FUA boundaries, based on the population distribution in each region. Regional values (labour force, employment and unemployment) in TL3 regions are used as data inputs and combined with gridded population data <a href=https://doi.org/10.2760/098587>(European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023)</a>. FUA boundaries are intersected with TL3 borders to compute the share of the regional population that lives within FUAs in each region. This share is then applied to the variable of interest (e.g. employment) and allocated to the FUA. In case several regions intersect the FUA, the adjusted values of intersecting regions are summed. For countries where TL3-level data is not available, data for TL2 regions is used. This approach assumes that the variable of interest has the same spatial distribution as population. Therefore, the modelled indicators should be interpreted with caution.<br /><br /> When a more granular level is available, data is aggregated for each FUA. For example in the United States, labour market data is available at the county-level (<a href=https://www.bls.gov/lau/#cntyaa>US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>), and then aggregated by FUA. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1dx">Labour market - FUAs</a>), <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>