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Armenia vs Azerbaijan
How Armenia and Azerbaijan compare on 39 measures, from 1813 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Armenia was higher: 75.7 years against 74.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Azerbaijan was higher: $5,936 against $5,666
- Population · In 2023, Azerbaijan was higher: 10.3 million people against 2.94 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Azerbaijan was higher: 6.47% of GDP against 6.09% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Azerbaijan was higher: 3.81 tonnes against 2.47 tonnes
Every measure
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| Measure | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 75.7 | 74.4 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 8.7 | 15 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 82.4 | 71.6 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 2.76 | 2.59 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 8.3 | 4.1 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 2.94 million | 10.3 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.79 | -0.26 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.71 | 1.67 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 65.9 | 58.6 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 35.8 | 32.6 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 13.2 | 8 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 25.5 | -8.2 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $5,666 | $5,936 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 7.1 | 4.22024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 3.3 | 5.6 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 46.9 | 20.1 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 8 | 8.3 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2023 | 99.8 | 99.8 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 90.6 | 92.3 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.61 | 0.17 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.8 | 0.29 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 153 | 155 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 6.09 | 6.47 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.65B | $4.67B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $582 | $476 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 19.9 | 17.7 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 47,000 | 82,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.06 | 0.14 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 3.25 | 1.58 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 21 million | 463 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2023 | 4 million2006 | 2 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 8.1 | 13.3 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0.5 | 14.1 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 1.2 | 41.5 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.47 | 3.81 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2025 | 81.32024 | 90.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 11.9 | 14.6 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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