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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

Armenia

38.3

Moderate · 30+Rank 63 of 192+2.1 against the previous edition · #63 → #63Asia · Western Asia · 5 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region25 / 47Asia
Rank in its income group18 / 59Upper-middle income
Comparable countriesGeorgiaIGE 42.7 · distance 4.6Comparable countriesJordanIGE 42.1 · distance 4.8

Comparable countries

Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).

What would move the score

  • Chokepoints±2.5 points
  • Sanctions±2.5 points
  • Commodity concentration±2.0 points
  • Institutional fragility±1.5 points
  • Sovereign stress±1.5 points

Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.

Sub-indices against the regional and global mean

CountryRegional meanGlobal mean

Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026

History by edition

Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.

Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026

Key factors

What drives the score

  • Landlocked (transit dependence): yes (2026), risk percentile 100.source
  • Reserves in months of imports: 3.3 months (2025), risk percentile 83.source
  • Political and security events (90 days): 75.2 (2026), risk percentile 75.source
  • Current account balance: -8.7 % of GDP (2025), risk percentile 69.source

Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.

How it is calculated

Weights, coverage and provenance

Chokepoints53Effective 25 %
Sanctions35Effective 25 %
Commodity concentration15Effective 20 %
Institutional fragility43Effective 15 %
Sovereign stress46Effective 15 %

5 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

Provenance hash

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · 53.4

How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.

Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025)14.1 % of GDP · percentile 24
Total chokepoint exposure (2025)18.6 % of GDP · percentile 13
Net energy import dependence (2024)76.2 % · percentile 81
Fuel share of imports (2025)8.9 % · percentile 23
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)yes · percentile 100
Logistics performance (LPI) (2022)2.5 · percentile 79

Sanctions · 34.7

Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.

Jurisdiction-level sanctions regimeno regime · percentile 0
Designations linked to the country (2026)16 · percentile 44
Designations under country programmes (2026)0 · percentile 0
Entities under US export controls (2026)14 · percentile 65
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)42.1 · percentile 64

Commodity concentration · 15.2

Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.

Export concentration (HHI) (2025)0.3 · percentile 5
Import concentration (HHI) (2025)0.37 · percentile 10
Fuel and food share of imports (2025)22.6 % · percentile 21
Natural resource rents (2021)7.1 % of GDP · percentile 24
Terms-of-trade volatility (2024)6.8 % · percentile 17

Institutional fragility · 42.6

Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.

Rule of law (WGI) (2025)54.3 · percentile 58
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)58 · percentile 55
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)47.5 · percentile 60
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)50.3 · percentile 51
INFORM risk index (2026)3.2 · percentile 24
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 people (2025)0.65 · percentile 20
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2023)2.21 · percentile 6
New conflict displacements per 1,000 people (2025)2.46 · percentile 35
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)75.2 · percentile 75
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 45.8

Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.

Reserves in months of imports (2025)3.3 months · percentile 83
Current account balance (2025)-8.7 % of GDP · percentile 69
Annual inflation (2025)3.3 % · percentile 13
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2025)-1.5 % · percentile 28
External debt to GNI (2024)66 % · percentile 52
Debt service to exports (2024)9.2 % · percentile 16
Short-term debt to reserves (2024)94.9 % · percentile 75
Broad money to reserves (2025)3.5× · percentile 20
Interest payments to revenue (2024)12.6 % · percentile 45
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)32 · percentile 58