Yerevan

Life quality score

City ranking

Housing

10
12/265
Details
Large apartment$440.00
Medium apartment$350.00
Rent index [score]0.96
Small apartment$250.00

Cost of Living

9
16/248
Details
5km taxi ride$1.80
A Cappuccino$2.50
A beer$0.89
A kilogram of Apples$0.92
Bread$0.21
Inflation [score]0.94
Lunch$6.30
Monthly fitness club membership$57.00
Monthly public transport$13.00
Movie ticket$4.80
Price of a meal at a restaurant$32.49

Startups

4
148/264
Details
Average monthly increase in number of startups3
Average monthly increase in number of startups [score]0.32
Coworking spaces [score]0.39
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co3
Meetups [score]0.11
Meetups groups6
Meetups members842
Number of investors6
Number of startup events in the last 12 months20
Number of upcoming meetup events2
Startup climate scene [score]0.44
Startup events3
Startup events [score]0.19
Startups [score]0.46
Total number of startups36

Venture Capital

N/A
Details

Travel Connectivity

2
191/266
Details
Airport hub35
Airport hub [score]0.22
Intercity train connectivity [score]0.13

Commute

6
59/255
Details
Human city pagehttp://cities.human.co/details/Armenia/Yerevan
Traffic handling [score]0.87

Business Freedom

7
180/264
Details
Business freedom77.50
Business freedom [score]0.71
Freedom from corruption37.00
Freedom from corruption [score]0.27
Lack of labor restrictions62.20
Lack of labor restrictions [score]0.49
Time to open a business4.00
Time to open a business [score]0.97

Safety

9
32/266
Details
Crime rate [score]0.84
Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year1
Guns per 100 residents13
Lack of gun related deaths [score]0.96
Lack of guns [score]0.93
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score]0.95

Healthcare

4
233/265
Details
Healthcare expenditure [score]0.22
Healthcare quality [score]0.52
Life expectancy (years)74.79
Life expectancy [score]0.49

Education

N/A
Details

Environmental Quality

4
194/266
Details
Air quality [score]0.39
Cleanliness [score]0.53
Drinking water quality [score]0.67
Urban greenery [score]0.19

Economy

3
225/263
Details
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area478.76
Currency for urban areaAMD
GDP growth rate0.03
GDP growth rate [score]0.56
GDP per capita$7373.53
GDP per capita [score]0.13

Taxation

8
14/266
Details
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score]1.00
Income tax level [score]0.61
Profit tax (% of profit)0.18
Time overhead to file company taxes313
VAT (Sales Tax)0.20

Internet Access

4
204/266
Details
Download speed (Mbps)19.32
Internet access (download) [score]0.35
Internet access (upload) [score]0.43
Upload speed (Mbps)9.76

Leisure & Culture

5
186/264
Details
Art galleries83
Art galleries [score]0.72
Cinemas50
Cinemas [score]0.32
Comedy clubs50
Comedy clubs [score]0.65
Concert venues89
Concerts [score]0.59
Historical sites67
Historical sites [score]0.53
Museums66
Museums [score]0.42
Performing art venues59
Performing arts [score]0.39
Sport venues22
Sports [score]0.41
Zoos9
Zoos [score]0.61

Tolerance

7
115/266
Details
LGBT Equality Index59.44
LGBT Equality Index [score]0.59
LGBT adoption rights✖ Single only
LGBT age of consent✔ Equal
LGBT blood donation regulations✔ Legal
LGBT conversion therapy regulations✖ Not banned
LGBT discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT employment discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT gender changing rights✔ Legal, but requires surgery
LGBT homosexuality rights✔ Legal
LGBT housing discrimination legality✖ No protections
LGBT marriage rights✖ Unrecognized
Tolerance towards minorities [score]0.87

Outdoors

8
2/266
Details
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score]0.73
Median peak in meters2502.00
Presence of hills in city1.00
Presence of mountains in city1.00
Urban area elevation (meters)997.00
Water access [score]0.83
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Cost of living

Costs of living in Yerevan are in the least expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities. Average living expenses are significantly lower compared to other cities, especially in the housing market. Moving to Yerevan will very likely decrease your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international  cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.

Housing costs (USD)

$290$600
$440
Median rent for
apartments in city center

Daily living costs (USD)

Monthly fitness club membership$57
Movie ticket$5
Broadband internet connection$15
Monthly public transport$13
Lunch$6
-67%
compared to
San Francisco
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Job salary calculator

Software Engineer salaries in Yerevan are very low. For this job type, Yerevan ranks 256th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Yerevan.

Estimated annual salary (in USD)

$7,683
Median salary
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Locals review Yerevan

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Taxation

Personal taxation

Effective income tax rate

35%
For annual salary of $40000
35%
For annual salary of $80000

Value added tax (VAT)

20%
Standard tax rate. Different rates might apply for certain product categories.

Compared to other cities

40/266

Corporate taxation

Compared to other cities

1/263
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Safety

Gun crimes & Ownership

12.50
Guns per 100 people
1.40
Gun deaths per 100k people / year
HIGH GUN CRIMELOW GUN CRIMEFEW GUNSMANY GUNS
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Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
Oceania

Overall crime rate city ranking

The overall crime rate puts Yerevan in position 41 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.

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People in Yerevan

Population of Yerevan

1,886,700
181 /km²
257/264
Density (people per unit of area)
2%
Growth in 2015-2020
Yerevan

Demographics of Armenia

Median age
35
Elderly people
11%
Life expectancy at birth
75
GDP per capita (in USD)
$7,374
247/263
Unemployment
18%
247/264

Languages

Common spoken languages
Armenian

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Teleport Users  X  Yerevan

Teleport users who are      Yerevan

Work in:

Business Analyst
5.36%
Software Engineer
5.36%
Founder
3.57%
UX Designer
1.79%
Attorney
1.79%
Marketing Manager
1.79%
Finance Manager
1.79%
Other
78.57%

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LGBT rights in Yerevan

Discrimination

No Protections

Marriage

Unrecognized

Adoption

Single Only

Climate

Average number of days per year without rain

286

Climate type

Hot Summer Continental

Average daily maximum temperature

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On living in Yerevan

Yerevan (Armenian: Երեւան) is the capital of the Republic of Armenia, one of the three hubs of the South Caucasus and is home to over a million people - the largest Armenian community in the world. In Soviet years Yerevan underwent massive reconstruction, following Alexander Tamanyan's (the architect) new plans to make a perfect city - a Neo-Classical wide-avenues-based town resembling Paris, Vienna and Saint Petersburg.

Central Yerevan is a true jewel of early Soviet architecture. She is also home to some large scale Modern and Post-Modern marvels which are mostly the result of Soviet-Armenian architectural megalomania. In Soviet days Yerevan had already become known as the Pink City as much due to the colour of the tufa stone used for building as for the flamboyant spirit of her young population.

Most of tourist Yerevan is concentrated in the city centre, which very compact and easily walkable, with endless dining and entertainment options. The rest of the city is mostly sleeping or business quarters, so a typical tourist will not have much incentive to leave the centre.

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Good Country Index

Every city comes with a country. How is this one doing in terms of giving back to the global community? Our friends at The Good Country Index measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size.

Overall ranking

Armenia
78th from a total of 163 countries

World Order

111st

Refugees hosted

Refugees generated

Charity giving

Birth rate

UN Treaties signed

International Peace & Security

95th

Dues in arrears to UN peace keeping budgets

International violent conflict

Peacekeeping troops

Arms exports

Internet security (2014)

Planet & Climate

140th

Ecological footprint

Reforestation since 1992

Hazardous pesticides exports

CO2 emissions

Ozone

Prosperity & Equality

44th

Development assistance

FDI outflows

Fairtrade market size

UN volunteers abroad

Open trading

Culture

124th

Freedom of movement

Press freedom

Creative services exports

UNESCO dues in arrears as % of contribution

Creative goods exports

Science & Technology

48th

Nobel prizes

Patents

Journal exports

International publications

International Students

Health & Wellbeing

69th

Pharmaceutical exports

Voluntary excess donations to the WHO

Food aid

Humanitarian aid donations

International Health Regulations Compliance

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