Armenia vs Azerbaijan
Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 21 million TIV in Armenia and 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 442 million TIV, or 22 times that in Armenia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Armenia.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia | Azerbaijan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 million | 463 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 32 million | 75 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 29 million | 9 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 32 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 51 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 248 million | 44 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 375 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 22 million | 290 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 112 million | 287 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 351 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 642 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 52 million | 398 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 397 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 5 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 52 million | 163 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 46 million | 147 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 34 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1 million | 213 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 168 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 63 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 118 million | 4 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 89 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 2 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 68 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 47 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 181 million | 25 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 2 million | 50 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Armenia vs Azerbaijan
Health
- Life expectancyArmenia: 75.7 years in 2023Azerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArmenia: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Azerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArmenia: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Azerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterArmenia: 82.4% in 2022Azerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022
- DepressionArmenia: 2.76% in 2017Azerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017
- Suicide rateArmenia: 8.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Azerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArmenia: 2.94 million people in 2023Azerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthArmenia: 2.79% a year in 2023Azerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArmenia: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Azerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArmenia: 65.9% in 2025Azerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025
- Median ageArmenia: 35.8 years in 2023Azerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArmenia: 13.2% in 2023Azerbaijan: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateArmenia: 25.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Azerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArmenia: 6.09% of GDP in 2025Azerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArmenia: $1.65B in 2025Azerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025
- Military spending per personArmenia: $582 in 2025Azerbaijan: $476 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArmenia: 19.9% of government spending in 2025Azerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArmenia: 47,000 people in 2020Azerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020
- National powerArmenia: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Azerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArmenia: 3.25% of the labour force in 2020Azerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsArmenia: 4 million TIV in 2006Azerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023