Livability · rank 77/167
Is 🇦🇲 Armenia (Yerevan) a good place to live?
Quality score 65/100 against essentials of $715/month.
The five metrics
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- middling
- World Bank WGI estimate -0.14 · corruption control 0.14 · stability -0.72 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $17.7 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $6.32/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($715) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 2.8× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 4.2× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 7.0× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇯🇴 Jordan — quality 77.4, essentials $852/mo
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — quality 76.9, essentials $842/mo
- 🇿🇲 Zambia — quality 54.2, essentials $610/mo
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro — quality 71.1, essentials $804/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Armenia
Frequently asked questions
- Is Armenia a good place to live for remote workers?
- Armenia scores 65/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 151.7 Mbps, safety 87, healthcare 69, air quality 41; English not scored) — rank 77 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Armenia?
- Median fixed broadband is around 151.7 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Armenia?
- Single-person essentials run about $715/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.2× essentials).