As of 2012, 12.2 percent of the Armenian population was poor despite working, according to the UN Human Development Index. In 2011, 25.8 percent of workers in the republic received low salary (less than 2/3 average).

In 2013, percentage of working children aged 5-14 constituted 3.9 percent.

As of 2012, 80 percent of retiring age persons received pension, the report says.