Armenia vs Azerbaijan
Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 11.9% in Armenia and 14.6% in Azerbaijan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.23 times that in Armenia.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 1998.
- In 2024, Armenia ranked 160 and Azerbaijan ranked 144 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Armenia | Azerbaijan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.9 | 14.6 | – |
| 2023 | 11.9 | 14.4 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 11.7 | 13 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 11.7 | 12.4 | 32 |
| 2007 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 11.7 | 12 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 11.7 | 12 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 33 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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 importsArmenia: 21 million TIV in 2025Azerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArmenia: 4 million TIV in 2006Azerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023