Which region of Armenia is the most corrupt?

According to the Subnational Corruption Database, the most corrupt region of Armenia is Tavush, with a Subnational Corruption Index of 44.5/100 (0 = most corrupt, 100 = least corrupt) in 2022.

Which region of Armenia is the least corrupt?

The least corrupt region of Armenia is Shirak, with a Subnational Corruption Index of 52.4/100 in 2022.

How corrupt is Armenia?

In 2022, Armenia had a national Subnational Corruption Index of 48.7/100 (higher = cleaner), with grand corruption (SGCI) at 28.9/100 and petty corruption (SPCI) at null/100 (last directly observed in 1997). The Subnational Corruption Database covers 11 regions of Armenia from 1995 to 2022.

Country profile - ARM

Corruption in Armenia

11 sub-national regions - 1995-2022. Latest country-level SCI: 48.7 (2022).

Grand: 28.9 Petty: - Latest observed: 1997

Armenia: key corruption facts

The most corrupt region of Armenia is Tavush (44.5/100), and the least corrupt is Shirak (52.4/100), on a 0-100 scale where 0 is most corrupt and 100 is least. All 11 regions are ranked below.

In 2022, Armenia's national Subnational Corruption Index (SCI) was 48.7/100, on a scale where 0 is the most corrupt and 100 the least corrupt.
Most corrupt region: Tavush (SCI 44.5/100, 2022).
Least corrupt region: Shirak (SCI 52.4/100, 2022).
Grand corruption (SGCI): 28.9/100; petty corruption (SPCI): /100 (last directly observed in 1997).
Trend: Armenia's SCI moved from 43.9/100 (1995) to 48.7/100 (2022).
Coverage: 11 regions, 1995–2022. Source: Subnational Corruption Database (Crombach & Smits, 2024, Nature Scientific Data), CC BY 4.0.

How Armenia compares: SCD vs. the CPI and World Bank

The Subnational Corruption Index is scored 0–100 on the same orientation as Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (higher = cleaner). The difference: the CPI and the World Bank measure the perceptions of experts and business executives and report one national number, while the SCI is built from what ordinary households perceive and experience — and it breaks Armenia into 11 regions.

Index	Latest	Scale	Based on
Subnational Corruption Index (SCI)	48.7	0–100 (100 = cleanest)	Households — perception & experience
Transparency International CPI	46	0–100 (100 = cleanest)	Experts & business surveys
World Bank Control of Corruption	0	≈ −2.5 to 2.5	Aggregated expert sources

Most recent year — SCI 2022, CPI 2022, CCI 2022. The SCD also publishes region-anchored SUB-CPI and SUB-CCI series so the CPI and World Bank measures can be read at the regional level.

SCI trajectory - 1995-2022

Country-level mean of the Subnational Corruption Index, averaged across all 11 regions. Higher values mean cleaner governance (0 = most corrupt, 100 = least corrupt).

Source: SCD v1.0 (Comprehensive Dataset). Years where the panel was filled by inter/extrapolation are included in the country mean.

Regions (11)

Each row is a sub-national region with its latest SCI score. Click into any row for the region's full time series.

#	Region	GDL code	Years	Latest SCI
1	Tavush	ARMr110	1995-2022	44.5
2	Gegharkunik	ARMr104	1995-2022	47.3
3	Kotayk	ARMr106	1995-2022	47.6
4	Armavir	ARMr103	1995-2022	48.5
5	Aragatsotn	ARMr101	1995-2022	48.7
6	Yerevan	ARMr111	1995-2022	48.8
7	Ararat	ARMr102	1995-2022	49.2
8	Lori	ARMr105	1995-2022	49.2
9	Vayots Dzor	ARMr109	1995-2022	49.8
10	Syunik	ARMr108	1995-2022	49.9
11	Shirak	ARMr107	1995-2022	52.4

Download Armenia

Per-country panel slice in CSV format. Columns: iso, country, gdl, region, year, sci. Direct dataset citations should reference the Figshare deposit (see How to cite).

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