Azerbaijan vs Poland
Azerbaijan vs Poland: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $476 in Azerbaijan and $1,219 in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by $743, or 2.56 times that in Azerbaijan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 46 and Poland ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $476 | $1,219 |
| 2024 | $367 | $890 |
| 2023 | $345 | $682 |
| 2022 | $292 | $404 |
| 2021 | $265 | $401 |
| 2020 | $220 | $359 |
| 2019 | $184 | $308 |
| 2018 | $167 | $315 |
| 2017 | $154 | $261 |
| 2016 | $142 | $239 |
| 2015 | $299 | $267 |
| 2014 | $358 | $270 |
| 2013 | $357 | $243 |
| 2012 | $349 | $235 |
| 2011 | $335 | $248 |
| 2010 | $162 | $231 |
| 2009 | $164 | $208 |
| 2008 | $181 | $246 |
| 2007 | $108 | $226 |
| 2006 | $83 | $174 |
| 2005 | $36 | $155 |
| 2004 | $27 | $125 |
| 2003 | $21 | $109 |
| 2002 | $17 | $99 |
| 2001 | $16 | $95 |
| 2000 | $15 | $82 |
| 1999 | $15 | $84 |
| 1998 | $13 | $91 |
| 1997 | $12 | $83 |
| 1996 | $9 | $80 |
| 1995 | $9 | $71 |
| 1994 | $6 | $59 |
| 1993 | $10 | $55 |
| 1992 | $2 | $49 |
| 1991 | – | $45 |
| 1990 | – | $41 |
| 1989 | – | $39 |
| 1988 | – | $47 |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025