Freedom House again classified Armenia as "partly free"
08.05.2026,
14:52
The international human rights organization Freedom House published its annual report, "Freedom in the World 2026: Autocracy's Growing Shadow," in which Armenia was again classified as "partly free."
YEREVAN, May 8. /ARКА/. The international human rights organization Freedom House published its annual report, "Freedom in the World 2026: Autocracy's Growing Shadow," in which Armenia was again classified as "partly free."
According to the report, Armenia scored 54 out of 100 possible points, maintaining the score from last year's report. In the "Political Rights" category, the country received 23 out of 40 points, and in the "Civil Liberties" category, 31 out of 60 points.
The section on Armenia notes that while progress has been made in democratic processes since 2018, structural governance problems persist. Democratic institutions remain weak, judicial independence is constrained by political influence, and the media environment is polarized and aligned with political and business interests. In the absence of state censorship, information pluralism remains limited.
The report's authors point to a slowdown in progress since 2018 and characterize the situation as a "stagnation plateau."
Among Armenia's regional neighbors, Georgia also received the "partly free" status with a score of 51. Azerbaijan (6 points), Iran (10), and Turkey (32) are considered "not free."
The Freedom House report covers the situation in 195 countries and 13 territories. For each country and territory, the report analyzes the electoral process, political pluralism and participation, government performance, freedom of expression and opinion, the rights of association and organization, the rule of law, personal autonomy, and individual rights.
The current report ranks 88 countries and 1 territory as "free," 48 countries and 4 territories as "partly free," and 59 countries and 8 territories as "not free."
It is noted that political rights and civil liberties have worsened in 54 countries, while improvements were recorded in 35 countries.
According to the report, Armenia scored 54 out of 100 possible points, maintaining the score from last year's report. In the "Political Rights" category, the country received 23 out of 40 points, and in the "Civil Liberties" category, 31 out of 60 points.
The section on Armenia notes that while progress has been made in democratic processes since 2018, structural governance problems persist. Democratic institutions remain weak, judicial independence is constrained by political influence, and the media environment is polarized and aligned with political and business interests. In the absence of state censorship, information pluralism remains limited.
The report's authors point to a slowdown in progress since 2018 and characterize the situation as a "stagnation plateau."
Among Armenia's regional neighbors, Georgia also received the "partly free" status with a score of 51. Azerbaijan (6 points), Iran (10), and Turkey (32) are considered "not free."
The Freedom House report covers the situation in 195 countries and 13 territories. For each country and territory, the report analyzes the electoral process, political pluralism and participation, government performance, freedom of expression and opinion, the rights of association and organization, the rule of law, personal autonomy, and individual rights.
The current report ranks 88 countries and 1 territory as "free," 48 countries and 4 territories as "partly free," and 59 countries and 8 territories as "not free."
It is noted that political rights and civil liberties have worsened in 54 countries, while improvements were recorded in 35 countries.
