Azerbaijan vs Belgium

Azerbaijan vs Belgium: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 17.7% of government spending in Azerbaijan and 3.7% of government spending in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 14 percentage points, or 4.81 times that in Belgium.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Azerbaijan vs Belgium: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 17.7% of government spending in Azerbaijan and 3.7% of government spending in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 14 percentage points, or 4.81 times that in Belgium.
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What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
  • In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 11 and Belgium ranked 115 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearAzerbaijanBelgium
202517.73.7
2024152.4
2023152.2
202214.52.2
202115.31.9
202013.11.7
201911.81.7
201810.71.7
201710.61.7
201610.41.7
201514.11.7
201412.51.7
2013121.8
201212.71.8
201113.81.9
20108.72
20099.62.1
200810.52.4
2007112.3
200613.52.2
200510.22.1
200410.92.3
200311.22.4
20029.72.5
200113.82.6
200012.42.7
199913.52.8
199813.42.8
199711.52.8
199611.42.9
199514.52.9
199413.33
1993–3
1992–3.2
1991–4.1
1990–4.3
1989–4.5
1988–4.6
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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