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Armenia vs Iran

119 shared metrics.

ArmeniaLeads in 56

vs119 shared

IranLeads in 63

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What matters for both sides

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Armenia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Armenia.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the etymology of the country's name remains obscure.

CIA 2026

Iran

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Islamic Republic of Iran.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Iran's qanats move water for kilometres underground by gravity, keeping dry settlements alive.

UNESCO

Analysis

Iran leads in 63 of 119 shared metrics, while Armenia leads in 56.

Armenia's Spirits Consumption is 102.6x that of Iran (2.0 L/person/yr vs 0.02 L/person/yr).

Armenia's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 70.0x that of Iran (2.7 per 100k people vs 0.04 per 100k people).

Armenia's Solar Electricity Share is 46.9x that of Iran (11.01% vs 0.23%).

Armenia's High-Tech Exports (%) is 28.0x that of Iran (23.64% vs 0.81%).

Armenia's Nuclear Electricity Share is 17.3x that of Iran (31.1% vs 1.7%).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionArmenia leads

Armenia

2.0 L/person/yr

Iran

0.02 L/person/yr

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Armenia leads

Armenia

2.7 per 100k people

Iran

0.04 per 100k people

Solar Electricity ShareArmenia leads

Armenia

11.01%

Iran

0.23%

High-Tech Exports (%)Armenia leads

Armenia

23.64%

Iran

0.81%

Nuclear Electricity ShareArmenia leads

Armenia

31.1%

Iran

1.7%

Beer ConsumptionArmenia leads

Armenia

0.85 L/person/yr

Iran

0.06 L/person/yr

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Armenia

2.0 L/person/yr

Iran

0.02 L/person/yr

10263% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Armenia

2.7 per 100k people

Iran

0.04 per 100k people

7003% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Solar Electricity Share

Armenia

11.01%

Iran

0.23%

4687% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Armenia

23.64%

Iran

0.81%

2804% higher

Nuclear Electricity Share

Armenia

31.1%

Iran

1.7%

1729% higher

Beer Consumption

Armenia

0.85 L/person/yr

Iran

0.06 L/person/yr

1310% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Armenia

9.1%

Iran

0.90%

911% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Armenia

4.3 L/adult/yr

Iran

0.51 L/adult/yr

739% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Armenia

36.45%

Iran

4.8%

655% higher

Protected Land (%)

Armenia

38.9%

Iran

8.6%

352% higher

Milk Consumption per Person

Armenia

209.03 kg/person/yr

Iran

46.69 kg/person/yr

348% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Armenia

0.73

Iran

0.17

341% higher

Electoral Democracy Index

Armenia

0.61

Iran

0.16

286% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Armenia

0.37

Iran

0.10

260% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Armenia

73.63% of GDP

Iran

23.55% of GDP

213% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Armenia

$674.79

Iran

$237.83

184% higher

Women's Political Empowerment

Armenia

0.88

Iran

0.32

173% higher

Military Spending

Armenia

5.5% of GDP

Iran

2.0% of GDP

173% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Armenia

76.44% of GDP

Iran

28.51% of GDP

168% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Armenia

4.6 per 1k

Iran

1.9 per 1k

142% higher

Comparison of Armenia and Iran across 119 metrics
				Winner
Spirits Consumption	2.0 L/person/yr	0.02 L/person/yr	10263% higher	Armenia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.7 per 100k people	0.04 per 100k people	7003% higher	Armenia
Solar Electricity Share	11.01%	0.23%	4687% higher	Armenia
High-Tech Exports (%)	23.64%	0.81%	2804% higher	Armenia
Nuclear Electricity Share	31.1%	1.7%	1729% higher	Armenia
Beer Consumption	0.85 L/person/yr	0.06 L/person/yr	1310% higher	Armenia
Renewable Energy (%)	9.1%	0.90%	911% higher	Armenia
Alcohol Consumption	4.3 L/adult/yr	0.51 L/adult/yr	739% higher	Armenia
Women in Parliament (%)	36.45%	4.8%	655% higher	Armenia
Protected Land (%)	38.9%	8.6%	352% higher	Armenia
Milk Consumption per Person	209.03 kg/person/yr	46.69 kg/person/yr	348% higher	Armenia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.73	0.17	341% higher	Armenia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.61	0.16	286% higher	Armenia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.37	0.10	260% higher	Armenia
Exports (% GDP)	73.63% of GDP	23.55% of GDP	213% higher	Armenia
Health Spending Per Capita	$674.79	$237.83	184% higher	Armenia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.88	0.32	173% higher	Armenia
Military Spending	5.5% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	173% higher	Armenia
Imports (% GDP)	76.44% of GDP	28.51% of GDP	168% higher	Armenia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	4.6 per 1k	1.9 per 1k	142% higher	Armenia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	26.2% of adults	11.9% of adults	120% higher	Armenia
Death Rate	9.6 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	117% higher	Armenia
Agricultural Land (%)	58.59%	29.01%	102% higher	Armenia
Corruption Perceptions Index	46 pts	23 pts	100% higher	Armenia
Domestic Patents	40	10.2K	100% lower	Iran
Foreign Patents	8.0	581	99% lower	Iran
Inflation Rate	0.30%	32.5%	99% lower	Iran
Scientific Publications	655.3	60.9K	99% lower	Iran
Total CO2 Emissions	7.5 Mt CO2e	828.99 Mt CO2e	99% lower	Iran
Land Area	28.2K km²	1.62M km²	98% lower	Iran
Irrigated Land	1.6K km²	79.7K km²	98% lower	Iran
Electricity Generation	8.8 TWh	387.78 TWh	98% lower	Iran
Population	2.96M	89.18M	97% lower	Iran
Forest Area	3.3K km²	107.9K km²	97% lower	Iran
Water Withdrawal	3.1 B m³	92.95 B m³	97% lower	Iran
GDP (Nominal)	$25,955,275,380.03	$475,252,089,215.42	95% lower	Iran
Electric Generating Capacity	4.26M kW	86.06M kW	95% lower	Iran
Airports	11	183	94% lower	Iran
Air Passengers	1.31M	18.07M	93% lower	Iran
Railway Network	698.4 km	9.5K km	93% lower	Iran
Armed Forces Personnel	47.0K	650.0K	93% lower	Iran
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	2.0 gold medals	27 gold medals	93% lower	Iran
Railway Length	686 km	8.5K km	92% lower	Iran
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	29 sites	90% lower	Iran
Population Density	105.12 /km²	55.85 /km²	88% higher	Armenia
Smoking Rate	24.9%	13.3%	87% higher	Armenia
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.4 per 1k	1.8 per 1k	86% higher	Armenia
Health Spending (% GDP)	10.0% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	86% higher	Armenia
Tourist Arrivals	375.0K	1.55M	76% lower	Iran
Forest Coverage (%)	11.62%	6.6%	75% higher	Armenia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.18% of GDP	0.73% of GDP	75% lower	Iran
All-Time Olympic Medals	22 medals	88 medals	75% lower	Iran
Hypertension Prevalence	47% of adults	27% of adults	74% higher	Armenia
Land Border Length	1.6K km	5.9K km	73% lower	Iran
CO2 Per Capita	2.5 t/person/yr	8.7 t/person/yr	71% lower	Iran
Electricity Carbon Intensity	211.93 gCO2/kWh	659.53 gCO2/kWh	68% lower	Iran
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Iran
Elderly Population (%)	13.7%	8.2%	66% higher	Armenia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.51% of GDP	0.30% of GDP	66% higher	Armenia
GDP Growth Rate	5.9%	3.7%	61% higher	Armenia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.3K kg oil eq/person	3.3K kg oil eq/person	59% lower	Iran
Broadband Access (%)	19 per 100 people	12 per 100 people	58% higher	Armenia
Researchers	1.0K per 1M	2.2K per 1M	54% lower	Iran
Seafood Consumption per Person	5.8 kg/person/yr	12.14 kg/person/yr	52% lower	Iran
GNI Per Capita	$7,810	$5,130	52% higher	Armenia
Teen Birth Rate	13.45 per 1k	26.2 per 1k	49% lower	Iran
Women in Senior Management	31.88% of managers	21.36% of managers	49% higher	Armenia
Unemployment Rate	13.33%	9.2%	45% higher	Armenia
Border Neighbors	4.0	7.0	43% lower	Iran
Insufficient Physical Activity	26.58% of adults	44.73% of adults	41% lower	Iran
Suicide Rate	2.5 per 100k	4.1 per 100k	40% lower	Iran
Political Corruption Index	0.47	0.77	39% lower	Iran
Water Stress (%)	44.79%	72.33%	38% lower	Iran
Credit Card Ownership	7.7% of adults	12.36% of adults	38% lower	Iran
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	3.7K kWh/person	34% lower	Iran
Road Traffic Death Rate	13.6 per 100k	20.6 per 100k	34% lower	Iran
Mobile Money Accounts	17.36% of adults	13.1% of adults	32% higher	Armenia
Digital Payments Used	60.58% of adults	85.98% of adults	30% lower	Iran
Meat Consumption per Person	45.64 kg/person/yr	35.98 kg/person/yr	27% higher	Armenia
Highest Elevation	4.1K m	5.6K m	27% lower	Iran
Inequality (Gini)	27.2	35.9	24% lower	Iran
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	26 days/yr	23% lower	Iran
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	135 per 100 people	174 per 100 people	22% lower	Iran
Government Debt (% GDP)	47.88% of GDP	39.5% of GDP	21% higher	Armenia
Food Waste per Person	162.72 kg/person/yr	134.86 kg/person/yr	21% higher	Armenia
Youth Unemployment Rate	26.24% of youth labor force	21.9% of youth labor force	20% higher	Armenia
Average Weekly Work Hours	38.8 hrs/week	46.78 hrs/week	17% lower	Iran
Infant Mortality	8.9 per 1k births	10.7 per 1k births	17% lower	Iran
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	74.61 per 100k	88.65 per 100k	16% lower	Iran
Capital Elevation	987 m	1.2K m	16% lower	Iran
Child Mortality	10 per 1k births	11.8 per 1k births	15% lower	Iran
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$22,823.18	$19,873.89	15% higher	Armenia
Urban Population (%)	65.81%	77.02%	15% lower	Iran
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	2.8% of GDP	14% lower	Iran
Youth Population (%)	19.24%	22.44%	14% lower	Iran
Safe Drinking Water (%)	82.07%	94.41%	13% lower	Iran
Adult Literacy Rate	99.84%	88.92%	12% higher	Armenia
Dependency Ratio	49.12% of working-age pop.	44.26% of working-age pop.	11% higher	Armenia
Obesity Rate	27.87%	25.26%	10% higher	Armenia
University Enrollment Rate	52.77%	58.67%	10% lower	Iran
Median Age	35.8 years	32.9 years	9% higher	Armenia
Birth Rate	10.24 per 1k	11.24 per 1k	9% lower	Iran
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	8% higher	Armenia
Life Evaluation Score	5.6 pts	5.2 pts	8% higher	Armenia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	30.58 µg/m³	32.29 µg/m³	5% lower	Iran
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.24% of adults	96.71% of adults	5% lower	Iran
Sanitation Access (%)	93.66%	90.46%	4% higher	Armenia
Human Development Index	0.81	0.80	2% higher	Armenia
Coastline Length	0 km	2.4K km	ranked lower	Iran
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0.18%	ranked lower	Iran
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.32%	ranked lower	Iran
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Armenia
Internet Users (%)	80%	80%	equal	Armenia
Life Expectancy	77.5 years	77.7 years	equal	Iran
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.03 per 1M people	ranked lower	Iran
Lowest Elevation	400 m	-28 m	ranked higher	Armenia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Armenia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.7% of GDP	0.60% of GDP	ranked lower	Iran
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Armenia

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Analysis

Iran leads in 63 of 119 shared metrics, while Armenia leads in 56.

Armenia's Spirits Consumption is 102.6x that of Iran (2.0 L/person/yr vs 0.02 L/person/yr).

Armenia's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 70.0x that of Iran (2.7 per 100k people vs 0.04 per 100k people).

Armenia's Solar Electricity Share is 46.9x that of Iran (11.01% vs 0.23%).

Armenia's High-Tech Exports (%) is 28.0x that of Iran (23.64% vs 0.81%).

Armenia's Nuclear Electricity Share is 17.3x that of Iran (31.1% vs 1.7%).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionArmenia leads

Armenia

2.0 L/person/yr

Iran

0.02 L/person/yr

Armenia

2.7 per 100k people

Iran

0.04 per 100k people

Solar Electricity ShareArmenia leads

Armenia

11.01%

Iran

0.23%

High-Tech Exports (%)Armenia leads

Armenia

23.64%

Iran

0.81%

Nuclear Electricity ShareArmenia leads

Armenia

31.1%

Iran

1.7%

Beer ConsumptionArmenia leads

Armenia

0.85 L/person/yr

Iran

0.06 L/person/yr

Spirits Consumption

2.0 L/person/yr

0.02 L/person/yr

2.7 per 100k people

0.04 per 100k people

Solar Electricity Share

11.01%

0.23%

High-Tech Exports (%)

23.64%

0.81%

Nuclear Electricity Share

31.1%

1.7%

Beer Consumption

0.85 L/person/yr

0.06 L/person/yr

Renewable Energy (%)

9.1%

0.90%

Alcohol Consumption

4.3 L/adult/yr

0.51 L/adult/yr

Women in Parliament (%)

36.45%

4.8%

Protected Land (%)

38.9%

8.6%

Milk Consumption per Person

209.03 kg/person/yr

46.69 kg/person/yr

Freedom of Expression Index

0.73

0.17

Electoral Democracy Index

0.61

0.16

Liberal Democracy Index

0.37

0.10

Exports (% GDP)

73.63% of GDP

23.55% of GDP

Health Spending Per Capita

$674.79

$237.83

Women's Political Empowerment

0.88

0.32

Military Spending

5.5% of GDP

2.0% of GDP

Imports (% GDP)

76.44% of GDP

28.51% of GDP

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

4.6 per 1k

1.9 per 1k

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Solar Electricity Share

High-Tech Exports (%)

Nuclear Electricity Share

Beer Consumption

Renewable Energy (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Women in Parliament (%)

Protected Land (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Freedom of Expression Index

Electoral Democracy Index

Liberal Democracy Index

Exports (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Women's Political Empowerment

Military Spending

Imports (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Death Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Domestic Patents

Foreign Patents

Inflation Rate

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Electricity Generation

Population

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Airports

Air Passengers

Railway Network

Armed Forces Personnel

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Railway Length

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Population Density

Smoking Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Tourist Arrivals

Forest Coverage (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Hypertension Prevalence

Land Border Length

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Time Zones Count

Elderly Population (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Broadband Access (%)

Researchers

Seafood Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Teen Birth Rate

Women in Senior Management

Unemployment Rate

Border Neighbors

Insufficient Physical Activity

Suicide Rate

Political Corruption Index