Citizen support for democracy in Armenia
Armenia: Citizen support for democracy was -0.4036 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen support for democracy in Armenia, 1997–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, citizen support for democracy in Armenia stood at -0.4036. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Armenia peaked at -0.4036 in 2020 and was at its lowest, -0.9081, in 2011.
Armenia ranks 78th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Armenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -0.478 | — |
| 1998 | -0.504 | +5.4% |
| 1999 | -0.5243 | +4.0% |
| 2000 | -0.5556 | +6.0% |
| 2001 | -0.5834 | +5.0% |
| 2002 | -0.6109 | +4.7% |
| 2003 | -0.6326 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | -0.6542 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | -0.6862 | +4.9% |
| 2006 | -0.7079 | +3.2% |
| 2007 | -0.7313 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | -0.7597 | +3.9% |
| 2009 | -0.805 | +6.0% |
| 2010 | -0.8553 | +6.2% |
| 2011 | -0.9081 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | -0.8299 | -8.6% |
| 2013 | -0.7575 | -8.7% |
| 2014 | -0.6856 | -9.5% |
| 2015 | -0.6126 | -10.6% |
| 2016 | -0.5451 | -11.0% |
| 2017 | -0.477 | -12.5% |
| 2018 | -0.4064 | -14.8% |
| 2019 | -0.409 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | -0.4036 | -1.3% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's -0.4036 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.9114, 44% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Armenia's -0.4036 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1715. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5021 | -0.5243 | -0.478 | 3 |
| 2000s | -0.6727 | -0.805 | -0.5556 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.6486 | -0.9081 | -0.4064 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4036 | -0.4036 | -0.4036 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More social development data for Armenia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 123,087 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15,578 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.005 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15,578 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0399 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen support for democracy in Armenia?
- Citizen support for democracy in Armenia was -0.4036 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4036 in 2020.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.9081 in 2011.
- How does Armenia rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Armenia ranks 78th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen support for democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.