Political Rights Score in Armenia
Armenia: Political Rights Score was 23 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Armenia, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Armenia is 23, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Armenia peaked at 23 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11, in 2008.
That places Armenia 106th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Armenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | — |
| 2003 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 13 | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 11 | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 16 | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 20 | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 21 | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 22 | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 23 | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 23 | +0.0% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 23 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 88% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 23 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35, 66% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.75 | 11 | 20 | 8 |
| 2010s | 15.3 | 11 | 21 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.83 | 22 | 23 | 6 |
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 political rights score in Armenia?
- Political rights score in Armenia was 23 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 23 in 2021.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 in 2008.
- How does Armenia rank for political rights score?
- Armenia ranks 106th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.