Armenia
Background Information
Region
Europe & Central Asia
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
18% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
169,786 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
294,730 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
5%
Source: UNSDG, 2016
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
22
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
6%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
42%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
12
Source: UIS, 2020
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2017
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
-
Female 56%
-
Male 53%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 99%
-
Male 99%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 99%
-
Male 95%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 74%
-
Male 55%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 5%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Lower secondary school
-
Female 1%
-
Male 1%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016
Upper secondary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 13%
Female: UIS, 2016
Male: UIS, 2016