
- Between 2010 and 2022, the number of students admitted to STEM specializations in Armenian public and private universities declined by approximately 30%, dropping from 4.7 thousand to 3.3 thousand. This decrease is largely attributed to the overall decline in the population of the corresponding age group.
- Although the number of students admitted to STEM specializations declined in absolute terms during the period under review, their share of total admissions increased by 2 percentage points, reaching 20%.
- In 2022, STEM graduates made up 20% of all graduates in Armenia—higher than in Sweden (19%), Japan (18%), and the Netherlands (17%) but lower than in South Korea (32%), Estonia (27%), and Switzerland (24%).