Cargo transportation up in Armenia in 1st half of 2025

ArmInfo.  The volume of cargo transportation in Armenia in the first half of 2025 amounted to 7,580.1 thousand tons, with an annual growth of 1.9% (against a 16.8% decline a year earlier). This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee. The growth in the total volume of cargo  transportation is due to the improvement in the dynamics of rail  freight transportation - from a 57.9% decline to a 27.6% growth, with  a volume of 735.9 thousand tons, as well as the continued growth of  air cargo transportation - by 8.7% (against 13.8% growth a year  earlier), with a volume of 18.8 thousand tons. An increase in volumes  was also recorded in the supply of natural gas via the main pipeline  - by 1.7% (against a decline of 8.2% the previous year) to 989.5  thousand tons.

At the same time, the dominant road freight transport lingered in  decline with a slowdown in annual rates from 9.6% to 0.6%, amounting  to 5,835.9 thousand tons.

At the same time, passenger transportation in Armenia in the first  half of 2025 decreased by 24.3% (against growth of 22.8% the previous  year), amounting to 82,988.7 thousand people. In particular,  passenger transportation by rail decreased by 10% to 235.3 thousand,  by road - by 26.2% to 66.3 million people.  Passenger transportation  by electric transport decreased by 18.5% year-on-year to 13.9 million  people.

More than 2.4 million people were transported by air transport, with  an annual growth of 3.3%.

As a result, freight turnover amounted to 2,253.1 million ton-km,  having decreased by 0.1% over the year, and passenger traffic -  1,675.2 million passenger-km, with an annual decrease of 16.3%.