press rank #43 · ~$800/mo

Can you live unwatched in Armenia?

180 days visa-free, cash-first, regional tension.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance3/5
Facial recognition4/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law3/5
Encryption4/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy3/5
Free expression4/5
Cash still works5/5
Financial privacy4/5
Crypto freedom4/5
Easy to stay5/5
Off-grid living5/5
5 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #43 ~$800/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

No national law requires a child to be vaccinated here. The schedule is an offer, not a duty.

If you skip them: Nothing. No national law requires it.

Exemptions: Not needed: there is no mandate to be exempt from.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

4 real places in Armenia

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Yerevan

~$1,050/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Gyumri

~$850/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Goris

~$850/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Dilijan

~$900/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.