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Armenia is rolling out new biometric ID cards and passports, with issuance planned for the second half of 2026 under a public-private deal with IDEMIA. The central bank is still in the research phase on a digital currency. No national WHO or 2030 Agenda pushback was found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Armenia
- Program
- Biometric ID card and passport (new generation, HAYPASS); eID / Mobile ID
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card voluntary
- Biometrics
- Yes
The Interior Ministry is leading a public-private project with IDEMIA and A.C.I. Technology. New passports and ID cards will hold encrypted face and fingerprint templates. HAYPASS CJSC runs the platform under an 11-year contract. Issuance was planned for the second half of 2026. Whether the new card is compulsory was not confirmed; one outlet reported it will be mandatory from age 16, but that page blocked automated access.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
A 2023 central bank paper found few retail CBDC use cases so far. No pilot or issuance decision was found.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2025-05Rolling it out
The government set rollout of the new biometric ID system for the second half of 2026. ID Tech — Armenia to launch new biometric ID system in 2026 ↗
- 2024-08Rolling it out
A tender began for biometric passports and ID cards. ID Tech — Armenia to launch new biometric ID system in 2026 ↗
UN and WHO
How Armenia has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 75.1 · rank 47 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.