Azerbaijan vs Belgium
Azerbaijan vs Belgium: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 2.01% of GDP in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 4.46 percentage points, or 3.22 times that in Belgium.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 6 and Belgium ranked 61 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.47 | 2.01 |
| 2024 | 5.08 | 1.28 |
| 2023 | 4.92 | 1.17 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 1.17 |
| 2021 | 4.93 | 1.04 |
| 2020 | 5.24 | 1.01 |
| 2019 | 3.85 | 0.89 |
| 2018 | 3.55 | 0.89 |
| 2017 | 3.76 | 0.89 |
| 2016 | 3.69 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | 5.47 | 0.91 |
| 2014 | 4.56 | 0.97 |
| 2013 | 4.54 | 1.01 |
| 2012 | 4.66 | 1.04 |
| 2011 | 4.67 | 1.05 |
| 2010 | 2.79 | 1.09 |
| 2009 | 3.33 | 1.16 |
| 2008 | 3.29 | 1.22 |
| 2007 | 2.86 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 3.42 | 1.06 |
| 2005 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 2.63 | 1.16 |
| 2003 | 2.43 | 1.22 |
| 2002 | 2.24 | 1.22 |
| 2001 | 2.31 | 1.28 |
| 2000 | 2.27 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 2.63 | 1.39 |
| 1998 | 2.41 | 1.42 |
| 1997 | 2.32 | 1.46 |
| 1996 | 2.25 | 1.52 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 1.55 |
| 1994 | 1.95 | 1.68 |
| 1993 | 5 | 1.74 |
| 1992 | 2.4 | 1.83 |
| 1991 | – | 2.29 |
| 1990 | – | 2.36 |
| 1989 | – | 2.46 |
| 1988 | – | 2.63 |
| 1987 | – | 2.9 |
| 1986 | – | 2.95 |
| 1985 | – | 2.93 |
| 1984 | – | 3.01 |
| 1983 | – | 3.19 |
| 1982 | – | 3.27 |
| 1981 | – | 3.37 |
| 1980 | – | 3.25 |
| 1979 | – | 3.26 |
| 1978 | – | 3.26 |
| 1977 | – | 3.14 |
| 1976 | – | 3.09 |
| 1975 | – | 3.07 |
| 1974 | – | 2.76 |
| 1973 | – | 2.84 |
| 1972 | – | 2.88 |
| 1971 | – | 2.9 |
| 1970 | – | 2.92 |
| 1969 | – | 2.93 |
| 1968 | – | 3.12 |
| 1967 | – | 3.14 |
| 1966 | – | 3.11 |
| 1965 | – | 2.97 |
| 1964 | – | 3.21 |
| 1963 | – | 3.22 |
| 1962 | – | 3.29 |
| 1961 | – | 3.26 |
| 1960 | – | 3.4 |
| 1959 | – | 3.52 |
| 1958 | – | 3.57 |
| 1957 | – | 3.61 |
| 1956 | – | 3.56 |
| 1955 | – | 3.78 |
| 1954 | – | 4.88 |
| 1953 | – | 4.86 |
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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
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 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 importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Belgium: 430 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Belgium: 86 million TIV in 2025