There are 300,000 job vacancies in Armenia - Labor and Social Affairs  Minister  

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%.