Communities at risk
Yezidis, Russians, Kurds, Ukrainians, Greeks
Summary
Armenia enters the Peoples under Threat table for the first time in 2021 after a disastrous war with neighbouring Azerbaijan which lasted six weeks and ended in November 2020, killing thousands and displacing many more. The conflict led to the assertion of Azerbaijani control over several disputed areas that Armenia had occupied since 1994, at… Read more »
Peoples Under Threat Data
| 2021 Data | Peoples under Threat value |
|---|---|
| Self-determination conflicts | No data |
| Major armed conflict | 2 |
| Prior genocide / politicide | No data |
| Flight of refugees and IDPs | 0.0064 |
| Legacy of vengeance - group grievance | 5.3 |
| Rise of factionalized elites | 7.0 |
| Voice and Accountability | 0.045 |
| Political Stability | -0.571 |
| Rule of Law | -0.083 |
| OECD country risk classification | 6 |
| TOTAL | 8.973 |
The overall measure for each country is based on a basket of 10 indicators. The number in each row is drawn from the source for that particular indicator. The sources of data and calculations used are detailed on the Notes to Table page.
Background
Armenia enters the Peoples under Threat table for the first time in 2021 after a disastrous war with neighbouring Azerbaijan which lasted six weeks and ended in November 2020, killing thousands and displacing many more. The conflict led to the assertion of Azerbaijani control over several disputed areas that Armenia had occupied since 1994, at the end of a previous war between the two sides over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. While facing mass protests and held responsible for Armenia’s humiliating military defeat and abandonment of the ethnic Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won re-election in June 2021, appealing to many voters’ greater aversion to the opposition leader, associated with corruption and rights abuses in Armenia’s recent past. Despite a ceasefire agreement, bouts of fighting with Azerbaijani forces have continued along the shared border and within Armenian sovereign territory itself – a threat to statehood which could spur further armed conflict.