Armenia's economic activity increased by 6.9% in January-September 2026 compared to the same period of the previous year, the Statistical Committee of Armenia reports.
In January-September of this year, the country’s construction sector recorded a large growth of 24.9% compared to the same period of the previous year.
But during the reporting period, gross agricultural output decreased by 4.8%, amounting to 677 billion 145.8 million drams.
Exports also continued to decrease: while in January-August the drop was 6.5%, in January-September there was an 8% fall compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 1 trillion 917.9 billion drams.
Instead, imports increased again—by 9.5%—amounting to 3 trillion 632.3 billion drams.
As expected, in January-September of this year, compared to the same period of the previous year, Armenia’s construction sector recorded a large growth of 24.9%, amounting to 583 billion 818.1 million drams, and the services sector by 13%, amounting to 3 trillion 455 billion 582 million drams. By the way, in January-August the amount of services had increased by 8%.
Armenia’s industrial production increased by 5.8%, amounting to 2 trillion 361 billion 636.6 million drams.
Domestic trade went up by 0.6% according to the data for the nine months.
And the exchange rate of the Armenian dram against one US dollar in January-August was 371.32 drams.