🇦🇲 Armenia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇦🇲 Armenia AM / ARM #138

Nomad Score 59.0

Cities 12

Region Caucasus, Asia, Asia, Western Asia, Eurasian Economic Union

Currency AMD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 46/100

Press Freedom (2025) 74.0/100 #34

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.614

HDI 0.811

Regional Blocs EEU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 17th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 49th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 57th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 44th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 53th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 50th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 2.2/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 20.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 5.5% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Armenia	Vahagn Khachaturyan
Prime Minister of Armenia	Nikol Pashinyan

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 46 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 74.0 / 100

Global Rank #34 / 180

Rank Change +9 vs previous year

RSF Zone EEAC

Political #33 65.2

Economic #48 52.0

Legal #14 84.1

Social #36 76.8

Safety #26 91.7

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.614

Liberal 0.371

Participatory 0.319

Deliberative 0.376

Egalitarian 0.491

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	74.0	34	65.2	52.0	84.1	76.8	91.7
2024	71.6	43	63.1	48.2	78.3	78.6	89.9
2023	70.6	49	63.8	48.5	73.8	83.0	84.0
2022	69.0	51	66.3	44.4	77.9	76.3	79.9
2021	71.2	63	-	-	-	-	83.9
2020	71.4	61	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	71.0	61	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	70.0	80	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	69.6	79	-	-	-	-	75.2
2016	71.2	74	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	71.6	78	-	-	-	-	79.2
2014	70.9	78	-	-	-	-	-
2013	72.0	74	-	-	-	-	-
2012	27.0	77	-	-	-	-	-
2010	27.5	101	-	-	-	-	-
2009	31.1	111	-	-	-	-	-
2008	22.8	102	-	-	-	-	-
2007	23.6	77	-	-	-	-	-
2006	25.5	101	-	-	-	-	-
2005	26.0	102	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index