Azerbaijan vs Belgium
Azerbaijan vs Belgium: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan and 430 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 33 million TIV, or 1.08 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belgium.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 22 and Belgium ranked 25 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Belgium | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 463 million | 430 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 75 million | 508 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 12 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 9 million | 170 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 255 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 51 million | 90 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 44 million | 9 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 375 million | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 290 million | 7 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 287 million | 4 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 351 million | 52 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 642 million | 99 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 398 million | 48 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 397 million | 33 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 569 million | 27 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 163 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 147 million | 87 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 191 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 213 million | 171 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 168 million | 15 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 63 million | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 4 million | 15 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 21 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 89 million | 48 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 30 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | 36 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 58 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 55 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 50 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 16 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 25 million | 47 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 50 million | 73 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 48 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 125 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 314 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 203 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 407 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 91 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 91 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 287 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 575 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 580 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 433 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 515 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 565 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 779 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 409 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 187 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 184 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 130 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 113 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 562 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 492 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 499 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 514 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 240 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 220 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 39 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 116 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 521 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 652 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 575 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 188 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 132 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 92 million | 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
Azerbaijan vs Belgium
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Belgium: 82.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Belgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Belgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Belgium: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Belgium: 4.11% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Belgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Belgium: 11.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Belgium: 0.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Belgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Belgium: 87.7% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Belgium: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Belgium: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Belgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Belgium: $13.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Belgium: $1,237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Belgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Belgium: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Belgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Belgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Belgium: 86 million TIV in 2025