Cost of Living inYerevan, Armenia
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Armenia: $20,079/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 58% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
5.5 / 10
#80 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality + expat access, alongside international and private school cost — the two paths a relocating family weighs.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Armenia; Yerevan-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Mixed public-school option
Expat access
Possible, but localized
hardInstruction
Armenian / Russian
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
Armenia’s public system can be workable, but school quality and expat fit are less predictable than in larger OECD systems.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident families may be able to enroll, but Armenian or Russian is usually needed for the public path to feel practical.
📋 Homeschooling
Legal with school enrollmentArmenia allows homeschooling under its education law. Students must be formally enrolled in a school and take regular assessments. The school provides oversight and certifies progress. Armenia has become a destination for digital nomads, and expat families find the process manageable.
Homeschool legality in Armenia — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Current nanny and household-help pricing snapshot for Yerevan, Armenia.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$450
monthly · confidence 0.65
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$900
monthly · confidence 0.65
Source: curated family relocation research
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Yerevan: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
International airport
Yerevan has solid regional and European connectivity for its size.
Urban transit
Bus and minibus
The city core is compact, but urban transit is less comprehensive than Prague or Lisbon.
Rideshare
Rideshare available
Ride-hailing is a major part of getting around Yerevan.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Armenia.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
GoodStrong doctor availability and solid hospital-bed capacity help, but households still pay a large share themselves.
Public care
LimitedCountry-level outcomes are comparatively strong help, but public funding looks lighter and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
69/100
2023
Physicians
3.36/1k
2022
Hospital beds
4.24/1k
2023
Out of pocket
80%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
78.3 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
19/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
5.1/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedCountry-level outcomes are comparatively strong help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Armenia yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2023 annual wages in Yerevan, Armenia · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 180 days without a visa.
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Yerevan compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.4x further in Yerevan than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Yerevan cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Yerevan is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 58% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Yerevan.
How does rent in Yerevan compare with New York City?
Rent in Yerevan is about 84% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Yerevan?
Groceries in Yerevan are about 63% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 58% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital of Armenia and home to about 1.14 million people, roughly a third of the country's entire population, in a high plateau valley at about 1,000 meters elevation with Mount Ararat visible to the south across the Turkish border. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the political, cultural, and economic center of Armenia. Climate is cold-semi-arid with cold winters and hot dry summers. Relocators should weigh that Yerevan absorbed a large wave of Russian relocators after 2022, which materially raised rents and visibility of Russian businesses; Armenian and Russian are both widely usable, English is rising in tech, and Armenia's visa-free year for many nationalities makes it one of the more accessible Eurasian relocation options.
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