Armenia
Eastern Partnership · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EaP | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 38.9 | 40 | 38.9 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 35.9 | 43 | 44.4 | 62.8 | 8 / 20 |
| Legal | 27.6 | 41 | 33.2 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 54.1 | 27 | 52.5 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 40.2 | 34 | 36.7 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 39.3 | 41 | 41.1 | 66.2 | 35 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Draft 'Social Entrepreneurship Development Concept' (draft government decision, c. 2018-2021, not adopted); SE action items in SME Development Strategy 2020-2024 and Government Programme 2021-2026 · source | 0/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Ministry of Economy (SME Development Strategy 2020-2024 action); no dedicated SE unit or council · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 none found · source | 0/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 none found · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 none found · source | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 NGO/donor support: Association of Social Enterprises of Armenia, Impact Hub Yerevan (Collaborate for Impact partner), YSU SE incubation programme (2024), Caritas ARAMAZD: SCALE (2025-2027) · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 EU 'Collaborate for Impact' (2020-2025, Armenia component with EU Delegation incl. Covid-19 SE relief fund); EU4Youth SEAG (Social Entrepreneurship in Armenia and Georgia); EU4Youth SEED programme · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 none found (only micro-grants: 'SE Ideathon 2025' supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport) · source | 0/2 |
Policy composite 18.8 of 100 (mean of the eight codes). No SE law or official definition; a draft SE concept was never adopted and SE appears only as minor actions in SME/government programmes; the ecosystem is donor-driven with notable EU-funded SE programmes.
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Armenia: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/armenia/