Armenia

Peoples Under Threat Ranking:
#71
28

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 conflictsNo data
Major armed conflict2
Prior genocide / politicideNo data
Flight of refugees and IDPs0.0064
Legacy of vengeance - group grievance5.3
Rise of factionalized elites7.0
Voice and Accountability0.045
Political Stability-0.571
Rule of Law-0.083
OECD country risk classification6
TOTAL8.973

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.