01
Coste de vida
$187/mo
AM · YEREVANDatos locales
Vivir en Yerevan.
Armenia's capital and overwhelmingly its economic and IT centre: a walkable, café-dense city that has drawn a large post-2022 relocation wave. Fast, cheap company/sole-proprietor setup and open banking are the draw; the trade-offs are a hot, dry continental summer, notable winter particulate pollution, and rents that jumped sharply after 2022 before partly stabilising.
Verificado
Población 1.104.200
· Asia/Yerevan· Se aplican las normas de Armenia
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Armstat de jure (permanent) population of Yerevan city: 1,104,200 as of 1 January 2024, up ~15,600 on the prior year (national total 2,990,900). Figure originates with the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia; Armstat's primary tables at armstat.am render via JavaScript and were not directly fetchable, so the official figure is relayed via Armenpress. Re-verify directly against the Armstat 'Marzes of the RA and Yerevan city in figures' publication next cycle.
AM · YEREVAN
01
Vista rápida
Las cifras principales de Yerevan, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.
10.0/10
02
Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.
$435–$1350
/mes
03
Impuestos del autónomo
10,8%
Seguridad
6.8/102,21/100k
Calidad del aire
2.0/1024,9 µg/m³
Internet
0.8/1016 Mbps
Inglés
5.0/10Moderate
Sanidad privada
10.0/10$352/yr
Qué significan las etiquetasoficial — cifra viva de un gobierno o una autoridaddatos abiertos — conjunto de datos abierto (Eurostat, AEMA, M-Lab, UdSC…)encuesta — estimación de una encuesta o un índicerecopilado — estimación montada por SettleMetric: abre la fuente para ver el método
02
Lo que te cuesta al mes
Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.
Hogar
Estilo de vida
Zona
Total estimado
$622/mes
≈ $7464 / año
En qué se va
- Alquiler (1 dorm.)$435
- Food & non-alcoholic (incl. eating out)$80
- Non-food goods$36
- Utilities (water, electricity, gas, fuel)$30
- Health (out-of-pocket)$13
- Tobacco$8
- Education$5
- Communications$5
- Other services$5
- Transport$4
- Alcoholic beverages$1
- Gastos corrientes$187
El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($187/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.
03
Coste de vida
Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Armstat ILCS 2024 urban per-capita consumption expenditure by category (Table 3.5/3.6, pre-2012 COICOP): Food 28,208 (incl. eating-out 2,293) + Non-food 12,835 + Utilities 10,646 + Health 4,475 + Tobacco 2,692 + Education 1,882 + Other services 1,861 + Communications 1,777 + Transport 1,585 + Alcohol 252 + Culture/legal 32 = 66,245 AMD. Each line CPI-uplifted ×1.045 and converted at 369.34 AMD/USD; categories sum to the ~$187/mo aggregate (Culture/legal rounds to $0 and is omitted). Rent excluded (not in the ILCS basket).
01Food & non-alcoholic (incl. eating out)80 USD
02Non-food goods36 USD
03Utilities (water, electricity, gas, fuel)30 USD
04Health (out-of-pocket)13 USD
05Tobacco8 USD
06Education5 USD
07Communications5 USD
08Other services5 USD
09Transport4 USD
10Alcoholic beverages1 USD
Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en Armenia, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país187USD/month, single person, excluding rent10.0
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/month, single person, excluding rentse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Armstat ILCS 2024 average monthly per-capita consumption expenditure, urban communities = 66,245 AMD (Table 3.5/3.6, 'Household Income, Expenditures, and Basic Food Consumption', poverty_2025_en_3.pdf). The urban basis is used because Yerevan is fully urban. The Armenian ILCS consumption basket contains NO rent line (housing appears only as Utilities 10,646 AMD; owner-occupancy dominates and paid rent is not captured), so the figure already excludes rent — no subtraction needed. CPI-uplifted from 2024 to mid-2026 by ×1.045 (Armenia inflation ≈0.3% in 2024, ≈2.7–3.9% through 2025, 3% CBA target for 2026) → 69,226 AMD → $187 at 369.34 AMD/USD. FX from data/fx-rates.json: 421.01 AMD/EUR ÷ 1.1399 USD/EUR = 369.34 AMD/USD (CBA/ECB 2026-07-03).
- Notas
- Per-capita ILCS basis (one adult's non-rent consumption), not a separate one-person-household survey (Armstat does not publish the latter for a single-person basket). National per-capita total is 60,941 AMD; the urban figure (66,245 AMD) is used as the Yerevan-relevant basis. Numbeo/Expatistan (forbidden) were not used.
04
Vivienda
Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.
Curated from MyRealty.am live listings and Armenian Mirror-Spectator agent-reported anchors
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Asking-rent matrix (studio/1br/2br/3br × central Kentron-Arabkir vs outer districts) built from observed anchors and converted at 369.34 AMD/USD (fx-rates.json, 2026-07-02). Observed anchors: Mirror-Spectator (Mar 2025) studio 24m² ~110,000 AMD ($300), 2-room norm ~250,000 AMD ($677) with smaller/older 1-rooms lower; MyRealty.am (2026) 1-bedrooms ~$820–1,200 and small 2-bedrooms ~$750–950 for central/premium stock. Central cells anchored to the higher observed (Kentron/Arabkir premium) end; outer-district cells set ≈0.64× the central figure per the widely reported centre-vs-periphery gap. All eight cells are DERIVED estimates.
- Notas
- WIDE UNCERTAINTY and DERIVED. No Yerevan source publishes rent simultaneously by room count and by centre/outside, and the market is volatile; these cells are transparent estimates from listing-portal and agent-reported anchors, not a single observed table. Central = Kentron and prime Arabkir; outside = outer districts (e.g. Malatia-Sebastia, Nor Nork, Ajapnyak). Numbeo/Expatistan (forbidden) were not used. Replace with an official/portal market report next cycle.
| Vivienda | Centro | Fuera del centro |
|---|---|---|
| Estudio | 460 USD/mes | 300 USD/mes |
| 1 dormitorio | 680 USD/mes | 435 USD/mes |
| 2 dormitorios | 950 USD/mes | 610 USD/mes |
| 3 dormitorios | 1350 USD/mes | 810 USD/mes |
05
Clima
Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.
Climate normals for Yerevan (Climates to Travel, ~2000–2020 station period)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Monthly mean daily min/max and precipitation for Yerevan. Recorded via Climates to Travel (secondary rendering of station normals), following the approach used for the sister Tbilisi city file. Cross-checked against the official NOAA/WMO 1991–2020 station CSV for Yerevan/Arabkir (WMO 37789, NCEI accession 0253808): the WMO file's Daily_Mean_Temperature series agrees closely (WMO Jan mean −2.4°C, Jul 25.6°C vs these min/max midpoints), and precipitation is comparable (WMO annual 340.6mm vs ~365mm here). The WMO file's own Daily_Maximum_Temperature and Daily_Minimum_Temperature columns are anomalous for this station (they report an implausible ~38°C July 'mean daily maximum', contradicted by every independent source which puts Yerevan's July mean max near 33–34°C), so the tMin/tMax here are taken from the consistent secondary source and corroborated by weather-and-climate.com and Weather Spark rather than from those corrupt WMO columns.
- Notas
- Reference period is ~2000–2020 (Climates to Travel), not strictly 1991–2020; treated as a close proxy for the 1991–2020 normal. tMax values are the mean daily maximum. Hot, dry summers (Jul–Aug max ~34–35°C) and cold winters (Jan max ~1°C, min ~−8°C); driest in mid-to-late summer, wettest in spring.
Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.
| ene | feb | mar | abr | may | jun | jul | ago | sept | oct | nov | dic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Máxima diurna °C | 1.2° | 6.5° | 14.2° | 19.6° | 24.8° | 31.2° | 34.4° | 34.5° | 29.6° | 21.6° | 12.7° | 4.0° |
| Mínima nocturna °C | -8.1° | -4.8° | 1.3° | 6.5° | 10.8° | 15.3° | 19.1° | 18.9° | 13.6° | 7.2° | 0.0° | -4.9° |
| Lluvia mm | 20 | 20 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 25 | 20 |
01Climate comfort3pleasant months/year3.0
Qué mide esto
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Cuanto más alto, mejorpleasant months/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: April (19.6°C), May (24.8°C), October (21.6°C) = 3. March (14.2°C) just misses the 15°C floor; September (29.6°C) and June–August (31–35°C) exceed the 28°C ceiling; Nov–Feb are too cold.
02Air quality (PM2.5)24,9µg/m³, annual mean PM2.52.0
Qué mide esto
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Estudio
IQAir World Air Quality Report — Yerevan annual mean (2020)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Attribution: IQAir (aggregator of ground stations and validated sensors), same basis used for the sister Tbilisi file. 2020 annual mean 24.9 µg/m³ (2019 was 25.5) — the most recent clean full-year annual average IQAir publishes for Yerevan. About 5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and near the current EU limit value (25). Armenia's official national monitoring is run by the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center (Ministry of Environment), whose portal publishes real-time readings rather than a downloadable annual mean, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database V8.0 value for Yerevan was not cleanly extractable in this pass (the WHO interactive app is JS-rendered). Community civic-tech networks (ArmAQI, AirQuality.am) report higher recent annual means (~28–30 µg/m³ for 2024–2025), so this 2020 figure may understate current levels; winter heating and traffic are the main sources and winters are markedly worse than summers. Re-verify against the WHO database Excel and any official national annual mean next cycle.
06
Seguridad
Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.
01Homicide ratea nivel de país2,2intentional homicides per 100,000/year6.8
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Cuanto más bajo, mejorintentional homicides per 100,000/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Datos abiertos
UNODC intentional-homicide series for Armenia (via World Bank / Our World in Data mirror)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC national series: 2.21 per 100k (2023), down from 2.74 (2022) and 3.14 (2021). Figures are UNODC-sourced; the World Bank/OWID mirror was used because the UNODC data portal is an interactive app. Re-verify the exact latest year directly at data.unodc.org next cycle.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 12 jul 2026
- Método
- Recorded-crime counts (Armstat yearbook for theft and drug offences; UNODC CTS for robbery, serious assault and sexual violence) divided by the 2023 population (2,964,300), times 100,000.
- Notas
- Theft and drug offences are recorded-crime counts from Armstat (Police of Armenia); robbery, serious assault and sexual violence are UNODC CTS (ICCS) 2023 figures. Burglary is not reported separately — it sits inside theft. Sexual violence is the full ICCS aggregate (rape, sexual assault and other acts). Intentional homicide (2.21/100k, UNODC 2023) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
01Theft232por 100 000
02Drug offences171por 100 000
03Serious assault7,8por 100 000
04Robbery7,6por 100 000
05Sexual violence5,9por 100 000
Theft and drug offences are recorded-crime counts from Armstat (Police of Armenia); robbery, serious assault and sexual violence are UNODC CTS (ICCS) 2023 figures. Burglary is not reported separately — it sits inside theft. Sexual violence is the full ICCS aggregate (rape, sexual assault and other acts). Intentional homicide (2.21/100k, UNODC 2023) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — Armenia (official police-recorded)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- OSCE ODIHR 2024: 6 hate crimes recorded by police (4 prosecuted, 1 sentenced), all logged as “Unspecified” because Armenian law enforcement does not record bias motivation — so no official racist/xenophobic figure exists (hence blank). 11 incitement cases were excluded as outside the OSCE definition; civil society reported 49 incidents (mostly anti-LGBTI). Very low counts, not comparable across countries.
6
registrados por la policía
OSCE ODIHR 2024: 6 hate crimes recorded by police (4 prosecuted, 1 sentenced), all logged as “Unspecified” because Armenian law enforcement does not record bias motivation — so no official racist/xenophobic figure exists (hence blank). 11 incitement cases were excluded as outside the OSCE definition; civil society reported 49 incidents (mostly anti-LGBTI). Very low counts, not comparable across countries.
07
Infraestructura
Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.
01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísBasic4.0
Qué mide esto
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
HayPost (national postal operator) service network + private courier presence
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- HayPost operates the national branch network with domestic parcel and EMS delivery; private couriers (local same-day services in Yerevan, plus international DHL/FedEx/UPS agents) cover the capital well. Reliable but not a dense next-day parcel-locker market like the EU leaders; delivery is mostly to-door or branch pickup, typically a few days outside Yerevan. Classified 'basic'.
- Notas
- Curated classification from the national operator's coverage and courier presence; no official nationwide next-day SLA or parcel-locker density figures were obtained. Re-verify with HayPost service standards next cycle.
02International delivery easea nivel de paísSignificant friction4.0
Qué mide esto
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Fuente oficial
State Revenue Committee of Armenia — customs / import rules (de-minimis and clearance for parcels)
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Landlocked country with closed borders to two neighbours (Turkey, Azerbaijan); inbound goods route via Georgia or air. Major carriers (DHL, FedEx, UPS) serve Yerevan, but customs clearance on personal imports involves paperwork and duties above a modest de-minimis, and many marketplaces do not ship directly to Armenia. Classified 'significant-friction'. The exact de-minimis threshold and clearance timelines were not extracted from the SRC customs pages in this pass — flagged to confirm the specific regulation next cycle.
03Internet speeda nivel de país16,4Mbps, median fixed download0.8
Qué mide esto
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Cuanto más alto, mejorMbps, median fixed downloadse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Datos abiertos
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Armenia (2023 daily stats)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of 343 daily country medians (download_MED), 30,840 download tests, 2023 — the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API. Same methodology as other SettleMetric countries.
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures (Ookla reported ~57 Mbps for Armenia in Jan 2025) — the two are not comparable and must not be mixed within this criterion. This is the low-consistent-methodology figure; real-world fibre in Yerevan is considerably faster.
08
Sanidad
Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.
01Private healthcare costa nivel de país352USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old10.0
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
Nairi Insurance voluntary health insurance package (with-inpatient), as published by Repat Armenia
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Nairi Insurance voluntary health insurance (VHI): 130,000 AMD/year per adult under 65 (family of 3+ discounted 30% to 91,000 AMD), coverage limit 7,000,000 AMD. Comprehensive with-inpatient package — covers outpatient care, doctor consultations, tests, hospitalization, surgery, chronic-disease monitoring, plus dental and (after a 9-month wait) pregnancy. 130,000 AMD ÷ 369.34 AMD/USD = $352/year (FX from data/fx-rates.json: 421.01 AMD/EUR ÷ 1.1399 USD/EUR, CBA/ECB 2026-07-03).
- Notas
- Comparable to the other countries' comprehensive (with-inpatient) basis. Private VHI is optional; Armenia is phasing in a mandatory Universal Health Insurance system (2026). This is a specific published individual premium (Nairi via Repat Armenia), not a market median — other insurers (Rosgosstrakh-Armenia, SIL, INGO, RESO, Armenia Insurance) quote on request. Pre-existing conditions are excluded and waiting periods apply. Insurers supervised by the Central Bank of Armenia.
09
Dinero y cripto
Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.
01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; not legal tender. A comprehensive Law on Crypto-Assets (modelled on the EU's MiCA) entered into force 2025-07-04; the Central Bank of Armenia is the sole licensing authority for crypto-asset service providers, with the first subordinate regulations effective 2026-01-31 and a licensing deadline of 2027-01-31 for existing providers. Leans crypto-friendly (non-entrepreneurial individual crypto gains are widely reported as untaxed), but classified 'legal-regulated' given the new MiCA-style licensing/AML framework.
02Financial control levela nivel de paísLow10.0
Qué mide esto
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the Armenian dram (AMD) is freely convertible with no capital or currency controls on personal funds; non-residents can open bank accounts and hold foreign-currency accounts; foreigners can register a sole proprietorship and bank easily; no FBAR-style foreign-asset disclosure regime for residents. Classified 'low' state control over personal money flows. Inputs: PwC Armenia tax summaries and Central Bank of Armenia foreign-exchange rules.
- Notas
- Armenia has been a notably open banking destination for relocating remote workers since 2022. No IMF AREAER capital-control flags of note for personal transfers were found; re-verify against AREAER next cycle.
10
Idioma
Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.
01English proficiencya nivel de paísModerate5.0
Qué mide esto
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Estudio
EF EPI 2025 — Armenia (score 515, rank 56/123, Moderate band)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). Score 515 falls in EF's 'Moderate' band. English is workable with younger people, in IT and the tourism/service sector in Yerevan, less so in government offices and outside the capital; Russian remains the stronger second language.
11
Educación
Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.
01International schools6accredited international schools, count6.3
Qué mide esto
Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
Cuanto más alto, mejoraccredited international schools, countse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of Yerevan schools verified against a qualifying accreditor's own registry, not aggregator sites. (1) Shirakatsy Lyceum — IB Diploma Programme, IB school code 004090 (ibo.org/en/school/004090); (2) Quantum College — IB DP, code 007055 (ibo.org/en/school/007055); (3) National Polytechnic University of Armenia Foundation Yerevan High School — IB DP, code 062724 (ibo.org find-an-ib-school); (4) CIS Armenia International School — registered Cambridge International school (IGCSE, AS/A Level); (5) QSI International School of Yerevan — US Middle States Association (MSA-CESS) accredited since 2000, College Board AP; (6) Lycée Français Anatole France — AEFE network member (partnership signed 2017-11-21), homologué by the French Ministry of National Education. Excluded: 'Fundacion Gimnasio Ingles de Armenia' (IB code 061373) is in Armenia, Quindío, COLOMBIA — not Yerevan — a name-collision caught by per-accreditor verification.
- Notas
- Six schools verified against IB, Cambridge, US/Middle States, and AEFE registries. Other locally-advertised 'international' schools (e.g. Dream Bridgeman Oxford, British International School of Armenia) claim 'Oxford International Curriculum' / Pearson exam-centre status but were not confirmed on a qualifying accreditor's registry, so are conservatively excluded. ±1 uncertainty: an IB candidate school or a newly-registered Cambridge centre could shift the count.
12
Demografía
Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.
Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísAbiertaGallup MAI 5,78/9 · 2016
Qué mide esto
How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.
Datos de referencia—se vuelve a verificar cada 1825 días
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 23 ago 2017
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Gallup MAI 5.78/9 (2016/2017 wave) — just above the global average; Gallup flagged Armenia as one of only two post-Soviet CIS states above the world average. Band: open.
Todavía no hay un desglose verificado publicado.
No verified breakdown of foreign residents by citizenship recorded (paired with the null foreign-population-share). Post-2022 arrivals include a large Russian remote-worker community and ~138,000 displaced ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh (2023, many taking Armenian citizenship), but Armstat does not publish a stock table of foreign nationals by country of citizenship in a form usable here. Left null.
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Cómo puedes quedarte
Cómo puedes entrar y quedarte legalmente. Se aplican en todo Armenia.
Todos los requisitos y filtro por nacionalidad- 01Visa-free stay (180 days per year)Estancia sin visadoUS citizens, UK citizens, EU citizens, Ukrainian citizens, Russian citizensPassport of a nationality on Armenia's visa-free list (US, EU/Schengen, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and CIS states including Russia and Ukraine)6 meses
- 02Temporary residence — individual entrepreneur (sole proprietor)Residencia temporalTodas las nacionalidadesRegister as an individual entrepreneur (IE / ինդիվիդուալ ձեռնարկատեր) in Armenia — open to foreigners; select a tax regime (turnover tax, high-tech 1%, or general)1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 03Temporary residence — employmentResidencia temporalTodas las nacionalidadesEmployment relationship with an Armenian employer (work-permit / invitation basis)1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 04Permanent residence (5-year card)Residencia temporalTodas las nacionalidadesAt least 3 years of prior lawful residence in Armenia (via temporary permits), OR close family ties to an Armenian citizen/resident, OR ethnic-Armenian grounds5 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 05Special residence status (10-year card)Programa especialTodas las nacionalidadesEthnic Armenian origin, OR foreigners carrying out significant economic or cultural activity in Armenia (granted by the President)10 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
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Lo que pagarías en impuestos
Los regímenes fiscales entre los que puede elegir un autónomo. Las normas son nacionales: las mismas en todo Armenia.
Regímenes completos y calculadora- 01High-tech turnover tax 1% (IT sole proprietor)progressive on revenue (allowance 3,000,000): 10% above + fixed 10,800 per month10.8%de carga con 60 000 €
- 02Turnover tax 10% (services, sole proprietor)progressive on revenue (allowance 3,000,000): 10% above + fixed 10,800 per month19.8%de carga con 60 000 €
Mira cuánto te quedaría
Tus ingresos frente a los regímenes fiscales reales de Armenia, con el mismo motor que la calculadora completa.
- 1 High-tech turnover tax 1% (IT sole proprietor)53.520 EURneto/año10.8 % de carga
- 2 Turnover tax 10% (services, sole proprietor)48.120 EURneto/año19.8 % de carga
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¿Para quién es Yerevan?
El mismo lugar se lee distinto según por qué te mudes. Cada perspectiva reúne los datos que más importan para ese plan, con sus fuentes y las contrapartidas dichas sin rodeos.
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Freelancer tax burden10,8%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme am-it-hightech-1 (registered high-tech IT sole proprietor, 1% turnover tax) at €60,000 = 25,260,600 AMD turnover (ECB/CBA 421.01): high-tech turnover tax 1% = 252,606 + mandatory funded pension 10%×(income−3,000,000) = 2,226,060 + health contribution 129,600 + military stamp duty 120,000 = 2,728,266 AMD of levies → 10.8%. The pension is charged on GROSS turnover (not profit) and dominates the burden, so the real cost is far above the headline 1%. Modelled with the pension uncapped (no individual-entrepreneur ceiling confirmed in official sources); a ceiling, if it applies, would lower this figure.
- Notas
- Micro-business 0% is unavailable to IT/consulting/professional services (excluded since July 2025). The turnover-tax 10% and general 20% regimes give higher burdens (~19.8% and ~27.8% at €60k respectively).
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$187/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Armstat ILCS 2024 average monthly per-capita consumption expenditure, urban communities = 66,245 AMD (Table 3.5/3.6, 'Household Income, Expenditures, and Basic Food Consumption', poverty_2025_en_3.pdf). The urban basis is used because Yerevan is fully urban. The Armenian ILCS consumption basket contains NO rent line (housing appears only as Utilities 10,646 AMD; owner-occupancy dominates and paid rent is not captured), so the figure already excludes rent — no subtraction needed. CPI-uplifted from 2024 to mid-2026 by ×1.045 (Armenia inflation ≈0.3% in 2024, ≈2.7–3.9% through 2025, 3% CBA target for 2026) → 69,226 AMD → $187 at 369.34 AMD/USD. FX from data/fx-rates.json: 421.01 AMD/EUR ÷ 1.1399 USD/EUR = 369.34 AMD/USD (CBA/ECB 2026-07-03).
- Notas
- Per-capita ILCS basis (one adult's non-rent consumption), not a separate one-person-household survey (Armstat does not publish the latter for a single-person basket). National per-capita total is 60,941 AMD; the urban figure (66,245 AMD) is used as the Yerevan-relevant basis. Numbeo/Expatistan (forbidden) were not used.
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Internet speed16 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Armenia (2023 daily stats)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of 343 daily country medians (download_MED), 30,840 download tests, 2023 — the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API. Same methodology as other SettleMetric countries.
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures (Ookla reported ~57 Mbps for Armenia in Jan 2025) — the two are not comparable and must not be mixed within this criterion. This is the low-consistent-methodology figure; real-world fibre in Yerevan is considerably faster.
English proficiencyModerate
EF EPI 2025 — Armenia (score 515, rank 56/123, Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI (attribution: EF Education First). Score 515 falls in EF's 'Moderate' band. English is workable with younger people, in IT and the tourism/service sector in Yerevan, less so in government offices and outside the capital; Russian remains the stronger second language.
Domestic delivery qualityBasic
HayPost (national postal operator) service network + private courier presence
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- HayPost operates the national branch network with domestic parcel and EMS delivery; private couriers (local same-day services in Yerevan, plus international DHL/FedEx/UPS agents) cover the capital well. Reliable but not a dense next-day parcel-locker market like the EU leaders; delivery is mostly to-door or branch pickup, typically a few days outside Yerevan. Classified 'basic'.
- Notas
- Curated classification from the national operator's coverage and courier presence; no official nationwide next-day SLA or parcel-locker density figures were obtained. Re-verify with HayPost service standards next cycle.
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Homicide rate2,21/100k
UNODC intentional-homicide series for Armenia (via World Bank / Our World in Data mirror)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC national series: 2.21 per 100k (2023), down from 2.74 (2022) and 3.14 (2021). Figures are UNODC-sourced; the World Bank/OWID mirror was used because the UNODC data portal is an interactive app. Re-verify the exact latest year directly at data.unodc.org next cycle.
Private healthcare cost$352/yr
Nairi Insurance voluntary health insurance package (with-inpatient), as published by Repat Armenia
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Nairi Insurance voluntary health insurance (VHI): 130,000 AMD/year per adult under 65 (family of 3+ discounted 30% to 91,000 AMD), coverage limit 7,000,000 AMD. Comprehensive with-inpatient package — covers outpatient care, doctor consultations, tests, hospitalization, surgery, chronic-disease monitoring, plus dental and (after a 9-month wait) pregnancy. 130,000 AMD ÷ 369.34 AMD/USD = $352/year (FX from data/fx-rates.json: 421.01 AMD/EUR ÷ 1.1399 USD/EUR, CBA/ECB 2026-07-03).
- Notas
- Comparable to the other countries' comprehensive (with-inpatient) basis. Private VHI is optional; Armenia is phasing in a mandatory Universal Health Insurance system (2026). This is a specific published individual premium (Nairi via Repat Armenia), not a market median — other insurers (Rosgosstrakh-Armenia, SIL, INGO, RESO, Armenia Insurance) quote on request. Pre-existing conditions are excluded and waiting periods apply. Insurers supervised by the Central Bank of Armenia.
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International schools6
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of Yerevan schools verified against a qualifying accreditor's own registry, not aggregator sites. (1) Shirakatsy Lyceum — IB Diploma Programme, IB school code 004090 (ibo.org/en/school/004090); (2) Quantum College — IB DP, code 007055 (ibo.org/en/school/007055); (3) National Polytechnic University of Armenia Foundation Yerevan High School — IB DP, code 062724 (ibo.org find-an-ib-school); (4) CIS Armenia International School — registered Cambridge International school (IGCSE, AS/A Level); (5) QSI International School of Yerevan — US Middle States Association (MSA-CESS) accredited since 2000, College Board AP; (6) Lycée Français Anatole France — AEFE network member (partnership signed 2017-11-21), homologué by the French Ministry of National Education. Excluded: 'Fundacion Gimnasio Ingles de Armenia' (IB code 061373) is in Armenia, Quindío, COLOMBIA — not Yerevan — a name-collision caught by per-accreditor verification.
- Notas
- Six schools verified against IB, Cambridge, US/Middle States, and AEFE registries. Other locally-advertised 'international' schools (e.g. Dream Bridgeman Oxford, British International School of Armenia) claim 'Oxford International Curriculum' / Pearson exam-centre status but were not confirmed on a qualifying accreditor's registry, so are conservatively excluded. ±1 uncertainty: an IB candidate school or a newly-registered Cambridge centre could shift the count.
Air quality (PM2.5)24,9 µg/m³
IQAir World Air Quality Report — Yerevan annual mean (2020)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Attribution: IQAir (aggregator of ground stations and validated sensors), same basis used for the sister Tbilisi file. 2020 annual mean 24.9 µg/m³ (2019 was 25.5) — the most recent clean full-year annual average IQAir publishes for Yerevan. About 5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and near the current EU limit value (25). Armenia's official national monitoring is run by the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center (Ministry of Environment), whose portal publishes real-time readings rather than a downloadable annual mean, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database V8.0 value for Yerevan was not cleanly extractable in this pass (the WHO interactive app is JS-rendered). Community civic-tech networks (ArmAQI, AirQuality.am) report higher recent annual means (~28–30 µg/m³ for 2024–2025), so this 2020 figure may understate current levels; winter heating and traffic are the main sources and winters are markedly worse than summers. Re-verify against the WHO database Excel and any official national annual mean next cycle.
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Crypto regulationLegal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding and trading crypto is legal for individuals; not legal tender. A comprehensive Law on Crypto-Assets (modelled on the EU's MiCA) entered into force 2025-07-04; the Central Bank of Armenia is the sole licensing authority for crypto-asset service providers, with the first subordinate regulations effective 2026-01-31 and a licensing deadline of 2027-01-31 for existing providers. Leans crypto-friendly (non-entrepreneurial individual crypto gains are widely reported as untaxed), but classified 'legal-regulated' given the new MiCA-style licensing/AML framework.
Financial control levelLow
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: the Armenian dram (AMD) is freely convertible with no capital or currency controls on personal funds; non-residents can open bank accounts and hold foreign-currency accounts; foreigners can register a sole proprietorship and bank easily; no FBAR-style foreign-asset disclosure regime for residents. Classified 'low' state control over personal money flows. Inputs: PwC Armenia tax summaries and Central Bank of Armenia foreign-exchange rules.
- Notas
- Armenia has been a notably open banking destination for relocating remote workers since 2022. No IMF AREAER capital-control flags of note for personal transfers were found; re-verify against AREAER next cycle.
Freelancer tax burden10,8%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best eligible scheme am-it-hightech-1 (registered high-tech IT sole proprietor, 1% turnover tax) at €60,000 = 25,260,600 AMD turnover (ECB/CBA 421.01): high-tech turnover tax 1% = 252,606 + mandatory funded pension 10%×(income−3,000,000) = 2,226,060 + health contribution 129,600 + military stamp duty 120,000 = 2,728,266 AMD of levies → 10.8%. The pension is charged on GROSS turnover (not profit) and dominates the burden, so the real cost is far above the headline 1%. Modelled with the pension uncapped (no individual-entrepreneur ceiling confirmed in official sources); a ceiling, if it applies, would lower this figure.
- Notas
- Micro-business 0% is unavailable to IT/consulting/professional services (excluded since July 2025). The turnover-tax 10% and general 20% regimes give higher burdens (~19.8% and ~27.8% at €60k respectively).
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Homicide rate2,21/100k
UNODC intentional-homicide series for Armenia (via World Bank / Our World in Data mirror)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- UNODC national series: 2.21 per 100k (2023), down from 2.74 (2022) and 3.14 (2021). Figures are UNODC-sourced; the World Bank/OWID mirror was used because the UNODC data portal is an interactive app. Re-verify the exact latest year directly at data.unodc.org next cycle.
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$187/mo
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Armstat ILCS 2024 average monthly per-capita consumption expenditure, urban communities = 66,245 AMD (Table 3.5/3.6, 'Household Income, Expenditures, and Basic Food Consumption', poverty_2025_en_3.pdf). The urban basis is used because Yerevan is fully urban. The Armenian ILCS consumption basket contains NO rent line (housing appears only as Utilities 10,646 AMD; owner-occupancy dominates and paid rent is not captured), so the figure already excludes rent — no subtraction needed. CPI-uplifted from 2024 to mid-2026 by ×1.045 (Armenia inflation ≈0.3% in 2024, ≈2.7–3.9% through 2025, 3% CBA target for 2026) → 69,226 AMD → $187 at 369.34 AMD/USD. FX from data/fx-rates.json: 421.01 AMD/EUR ÷ 1.1399 USD/EUR = 369.34 AMD/USD (CBA/ECB 2026-07-03).
- Notas
- Per-capita ILCS basis (one adult's non-rent consumption), not a separate one-person-household survey (Armstat does not publish the latter for a single-person basket). National per-capita total is 60,941 AMD; the urban figure (66,245 AMD) is used as the Yerevan-relevant basis. Numbeo/Expatistan (forbidden) were not used.
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Air quality (PM2.5)24,9 µg/m³
IQAir World Air Quality Report — Yerevan annual mean (2020)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Attribution: IQAir (aggregator of ground stations and validated sensors), same basis used for the sister Tbilisi file. 2020 annual mean 24.9 µg/m³ (2019 was 25.5) — the most recent clean full-year annual average IQAir publishes for Yerevan. About 5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) and near the current EU limit value (25). Armenia's official national monitoring is run by the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center (Ministry of Environment), whose portal publishes real-time readings rather than a downloadable annual mean, and the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database V8.0 value for Yerevan was not cleanly extractable in this pass (the WHO interactive app is JS-rendered). Community civic-tech networks (ArmAQI, AirQuality.am) report higher recent annual means (~28–30 µg/m³ for 2024–2025), so this 2020 figure may understate current levels; winter heating and traffic are the main sources and winters are markedly worse than summers. Re-verify against the WHO database Excel and any official national annual mean next cycle.
Climate comfort3/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: April (19.6°C), May (24.8°C), October (21.6°C) = 3. March (14.2°C) just misses the 15°C floor; September (29.6°C) and June–August (31–35°C) exceed the 28°C ceiling; Nov–Feb are too cold.
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