The nationally representative Caucasus Barometer (CB) survey provides valuable data for assessing the performance of institutions in Armenia. Public trust is measured using a five-point scale. The 2024 findings show the following:

• According to the 2024 data, 40% of respondents do not trust the education system, and this level of distrust has been increasing since 2019.
• According to the 2024 data, 49% of respondents do not trust the media. Distrust, which had been gradually increasing since 2012, rose sharply after 2019, reaching 69% in 2021, before declining to 49% in 2024.
• Only 12% of respondents expressed distrust toward the Church, while 79% reported trusting the institution. Trust remained relatively stable between 2011 and 2019, fluctuating between 75% and 80%, then declined sharply in 2021 to 34%, before rising again to 79% in 2024.

In these publications, we take a closer look at who trusts and distrusts these institutions, and at the socio-economic and demographic groups in which trust and distrust are most strongly concentrated.

These publications are authored by the Caucasus Research Resource Center-Armenia Foundation, made possible through the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, within the scopes of the project “Armenia’s Pulse: Data Woven into Art.” Support by the Foundation does not constitute endorsement of any specific opinion, perspective or approach expressed or utilized in this publication.

The publications use weighted primary data collected through the Caucasus Barometer nationally representative survey.

Citation example․
Caucasus Research Resource Center-Armenia Foundation. (2026). Seven Minutes About Education: Policy Brief. Yerevan.