Armenia vs Azerbaijan
Armenia vs Azerbaijan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.65B in Armenia and $4.67B in Azerbaijan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by $3.03B, or 2.84 times that in Armenia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Armenia.
- In 2025, Armenia ranked 67 and Azerbaijan ranked 48 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Armenia | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.65B | $4.67B |
| 2024 | $1.42B | $3.78B |
| 2023 | $1.33B | $3.64B |
| 2022 | $904M | $3.33B |
| 2021 | $883M | $3.42B |
| 2020 | $934M | $3.02B |
| 2019 | $961M | $2.57B |
| 2018 | $772M | $2.38B |
| 2017 | $684M | $2.26B |
| 2016 | $668M | $2.16B |
| 2015 | $679M | $3.23B |
| 2014 | $628M | $3.04B |
| 2013 | $618M | $3.03B |
| 2012 | $549M | $3B |
| 2011 | $536M | $2.89B |
| 2010 | $585M | $1.52B |
| 2009 | $560M | $1.6B |
| 2008 | $537M | $1.82B |
| 2007 | $463M | $1.35B |
| 2006 | $395M | $1.24B |
| 2005 | $334M | $604M |
| 2004 | $273M | $516M |
| 2003 | $248M | $425M |
| 2002 | $215M | $341M |
| 2001 | $217M | $316M |
| 2000 | $224M | $280M |
| 1999 | $221M | $264M |
| 1998 | $205M | $203M |
| 1997 | $208M | $178M |
| 1996 | $164M | $155M |
| 1995 | $190M | $176M |
| 1994 | – | $212M |
| 1993 | $76.8M | $420M |
| 1992 | $208M | $400M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingArmenia: 6.09% of GDP in 2025Azerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP 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