Azerbaijan vs Iran
Azerbaijan vs Iran: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 17.7% of government spending in Azerbaijan and 11.2% of government spending in Iran, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 6.5 percentage points, or 1.58 times that in Iran.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Iran.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 11 and Iran ranked 22 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.7 | 11.2 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11.9 |
| 2023 | 15 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 14.5 | 14 |
| 2021 | 15.3 | 14.1 |
| 2020 | 13.1 | 14.5 |
| 2019 | 11.8 | 14.6 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 14.6 |
| 2017 | 10.6 | 16.1 |
| 2016 | 10.4 | 15.4 |
| 2015 | 14.1 | 15.6 |
| 2014 | 12.5 | 14.8 |
| 2013 | 12 | 15.6 |
| 2012 | 12.7 | 19.3 |
| 2011 | 13.8 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8.7 | 16 |
| 2009 | 9.6 | 15.7 |
| 2008 | 10.5 | 13 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15.3 |
| 2006 | 13.5 | 14.3 |
| 2005 | 10.2 | 13.6 |
| 2004 | 10.9 | 14.9 |
| 2003 | 11.2 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 9.7 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 13.8 | 14.6 |
| 2000 | 12.4 | 14 |
| 1999 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 1998 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| 1997 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| 1996 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 1995 | 14.5 | 8.5 |
| 1994 | 13.3 | 7.6 |
| 1993 | – | 5.1 |
| 1992 | – | 9.9 |
| 1991 | – | 12.5 |
| 1990 | – | 14.5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs Iran
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Iran: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Iran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Iran: 94.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Iran: 5.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Iran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Iran: 90.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Iran: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Iran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Iran: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Iran: 32.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Iran: 7.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Iran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Iran: $7.45B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Iran: $80 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Iran: 650,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Iran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Iran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Iran: 42 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Iran: 80 million TIV in 2025