ArmInfo. Cargo transportation in Armenia in January-September 2026 accelerated year-on-year growth from 1.6% to 7.8%, reaching 13,219,700 tons. Passenger transportation increased by 14.1% during the reporting period, recovering from last year's 2.4% decline, reaching 197,679,880 passengers. This is evidenced by data from the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
Road transportation accounts for the lion's share of cargo transportation – 76.8% or 10,164,800 tons, with an annual growth of 4.8%. However, higher growth was recorded in rail freight transport – up 22.9% to 1,484,100 tons, while air freight increased by only 1% to 29,200 tons. 1,541,600 tons of natural gas were delivered via main pipeline, with a year-on-year increase of 16.3%.
In passenger transport, road transport also accounted for the lion's share – 84.4%, or 166,920.2 people, with an annual increase of 13.5%. Air passenger transport increased by almost the same amount – by 13% to 4,899,600 people. Passenger transport by electric transport increased more significantly – by 19.2% to 25,475,600 people. A decline was recorded in rail passenger traffic – down 2.3% year-on-year to 384,400 passengers.
As a result, freight turnover in January-September of this year amounted to 3,651.6 million ton-km, and passenger traffic was 3,909 million passenger-km, and both indicators demonstrated almost identical double-digit annual growth – 13% and 13.1%, respectively.
