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Headline data

Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Year Value Units
2015 18.5 %
2016 18.0 %
2017 17.8 %
2018 19.0 %
2019 18.3 %
2020 18.2 %
2021 15.5 %

Source: Armstat

Geographical Area: Armenia

Unit of Measurement: %

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Armenia statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Armenian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Armenian-specific metadata information.

Geographical coverage

Armenia
Unit of measurement

%
Data last updated Feb 07, 2023
Metadata last updated May 12, 2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Target number

8.5
Global indicator description

The unemployment rate is a useful measure of the underutilization of the labour supply. It reflects the inability of an economy to generate employment for those persons who want to work but are not doing so, even though they are available for employment and actively seeking work. It is thus seen as an indicator of the efficiency and effectiveness of an economy to absorb its labour force and of the performance of the labour market. Short-term time series of the unemployment rate can be used to signal changes in the business cycle; upward movements in the indicator often coincide with recessionary periods or in some cases with the beginning of an expansionary period as persons previously not in the labour market begin to test conditions through an active job search.
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

International labour organization (ILO)
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Comment and limitations

The methodology of LFS was revised since 2018 in line with the core concepts of “Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization” adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (19th ICLS) in October 2013.
Organisation Armstat , Labour Force Survey (LFS)
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