Azerbaijan vs France
Azerbaijan vs France: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 14.6% in Azerbaijan and 32.9% in France, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in France, by 18.3 percentage points, or 2.26 times that in Azerbaijan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2024, Azerbaijan ranked 144 and France ranked 106 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Azerbaijan | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.6 | 32.9 | – |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 32.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 14.3 | 32.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 14.2 | 32.4 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 14.1 | 32.2 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 13.9 | 32 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 13.7 | 31.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 13.4 | 31.6 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 13.2 | 31.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 13 | 31.2 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 12.9 | 31.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 12.8 | 30.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 12.7 | 30.8 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 12.6 | 30.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 30.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 12.4 | 30.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 12.4 | 30.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 12.3 | 29.8 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 12.3 | 29.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 12.2 | 29.4 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 12.2 | 29.2 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 12.1 | 29 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 12.1 | 28.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 12 | 28.6 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 12 | 28.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 11.9 | 28.2 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 11.8 | 28.1 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 11.7 | 27.9 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 11.7 | 27.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 11.6 | 27.6 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 11.6 | 27.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 11.5 | 27.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 11.5 | 27.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | – | 26.9 | – |
| 1990 | – | 26.8 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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 France
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025