Armenia vs Azerbaijan
Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 6.09% of GDP in Armenia and 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 0.37 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Armenia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Armenia.
- In 2025, Armenia ranked 7 and Azerbaijan ranked 6 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.09 | 6.47 |
| 2024 | 5.46 | 5.08 |
| 2023 | 5.51 | 4.92 |
| 2022 | 4.08 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 4.47 | 4.93 |
| 2020 | 4.98 | 5.24 |
| 2019 | 4.79 | 3.85 |
| 2018 | 4.12 | 3.55 |
| 2017 | 3.85 | 3.76 |
| 2016 | 4.09 | 3.69 |
| 2015 | 4.24 | 5.47 |
| 2014 | 3.94 | 4.56 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4.54 |
| 2012 | 3.58 | 4.66 |
| 2011 | 3.85 | 4.67 |
| 2010 | 4.27 | 2.79 |
| 2009 | 4.16 | 3.33 |
| 2008 | 3.4 | 3.29 |
| 2007 | 3.04 | 2.86 |
| 2006 | 2.95 | 3.42 |
| 2005 | 2.87 | 2.3 |
| 2004 | 2.74 | 2.63 |
| 2003 | 2.73 | 2.43 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 2.24 |
| 2001 | 3.13 | 2.31 |
| 2000 | 3.56 | 2.27 |
| 1999 | 3.7 | 2.63 |
| 1998 | 3.53 | 2.41 |
| 1997 | 3.91 | 2.32 |
| 1996 | 3.28 | 2.25 |
| 1995 | 4.06 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | – | 1.95 |
| 1993 | 2.3 | 5 |
| 1992 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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