Azerbaijan vs Greece
Azerbaijan vs Greece: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 5.6% a year in Azerbaijan and 2.9% a year in Greece, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.94 times that in Greece.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 35 and Greece ranked 89 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Azerbaijan at 4% a year and Greece at 2.1% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Azerbaijan | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 13.9 | 9.3 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | -1.3 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 12.9 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | -1.1 |
| 2014 | 1.4 | -1.4 |
| 2013 | 2.4 | -0.9 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 3.1 |
| 2010 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2008 | 20.8 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | 16.7 | 3 |
| 2006 | 8.3 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | 9.6 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 6.7 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | -6 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| 1999 | -8.5 | 2.1 |
| 1998 | -0.8 | 4.5 |
| 1997 | 3.7 | 5.4 |
| 1996 | 19.8 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 411.8 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 1,664 | 10.9 |
| 1993 | 1,130 | 14.4 |
| 1992 | – | 15.9 |
| 1991 | – | 19.5 |
| 1990 | – | 20.4 |
| 1989 | – | 13.7 |
| 1988 | – | 13.5 |
| 1987 | – | 16.4 |
| 1986 | – | 23 |
| 1985 | – | 19.3 |
| 1984 | – | 18.5 |
| 1983 | – | 20.2 |
| 1982 | – | 21.1 |
| 1981 | – | 24.5 |
| 1980 | – | 24.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Azerbaijan | Greece |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.8 | 4.2 |
| 2027 | 5.6 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 4.8 | 2.2 |
| 2029 | 4 | 2.1 |
| 2030 | 4 | 2.1 |
| 2031 | 4 | 2.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 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 Greece
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Greece: 81.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Greece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Greece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Greece: 98.9% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Greece: 4.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Greece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Greece: 10.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Greece: -2.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Greece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Greece: 79.2% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Greece: 45.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Greece: 23.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Greece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Greece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Greece: $7.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Greece: $842 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Greece: 6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Greece: 147,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Greece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Greece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Greece: 574 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Greece: 2 million TIV in 2025