Armenia ranked 55th in the 2026 Positive Peace Index

Arminfo. Armenia ranked 55th in the 2026 Positive Peace Index, recording an improvement of 11.3%.

According to the report, Eastern Europe and Central Asia demonstrated the greatest average improvement in the Positive Peace indicator.

"Eleven of the region’s 15 countries improved their scores over this period. Armenia and Uzbekistan showed the greatest progress, improving their scores by 11.3% and 11.2%, respectively, followed by Moldova (7.8%), Bulgaria (7.3%) and Georgia (7.1%). Three countries saw their scores deteriorate: Turkey (6.2%), Russia (5.2%) and Belarus (4.2%). In Kyrgyzstan, the indicator remained virtually unchanged," the report says.

The report states that the 11.3% improvement in Armenia’s Positive Peace indicators was driven by a 35.7% increase in the share of young people not in employment, education or professional training (NEET).

At the same time, it notes that the deterioration in Turkey, Russia and Belarus was similar in nature, focusing on indicators related to political openness and the flow of information. In Turkey, press freedom deteriorated by 36%, while laws supporting equal treatment of different population groups, government openness and transparency, as well as equality of opportunity, deteriorated by 33.3%. The decline in Russia was caused by a 36.6% deterioration in press freedom, as well as a 33.3% decline in equality of opportunity and a 25% decline in government openness and transparency. The greatest changes in individual indicators in the region were observed in Belarus, where the quality of information deteriorated by 83.9%, followed by a 34.6% deterioration in press freedom and a 34.4% deterioration in social exclusion based on socioeconomic factors.

The top 10 countries in the 2026 Positive Peace Index were Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia and Iceland.

Armenia’s neighbors ranked as follows: Georgia - 49th, Turkey - 83rd, Iran - 124th, and Azerbaijan - 98th. Russia ranked 1-1st. The poorest scores were recorded by Somalia, Sudan and the Central African Republic.

The index covers 163 countries and 99.7% of the world’s population. This report provides a detailed description of the approach used to create the PPI and its latest results.