Azerbaijan vs Romania
Azerbaijan vs Romania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 42 million TIV, or 1.1 times that in Romania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Romania.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 22 and Romania ranked 26 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 463 million | 421 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 75 million | 320 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 364 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 9 million | 186 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 105 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 51 million | 168 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 44 million | 13 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 375 million | 36 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 290 million | 88 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 287 million | 177 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 351 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 642 million | 0 | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 398 million | 20 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 397 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 569 million | 80 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 163 million | 107 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 147 million | 59 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 213 million | 101 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 168 million | 64 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 63 million | 431 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 4 million | 283 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 17 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 89 million | 21 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 24 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 142 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 170 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 61 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 39 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 2 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 25 million | 29 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 50 million | 14 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 187 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 65 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 599 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 296 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 237 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 214 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 455 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 330 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 243 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 284 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 444 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 470 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 516 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 612 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 329 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 348 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 294 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 637 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 673 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 538 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 497 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 471 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 561 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 399 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 591 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 442 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 401 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 520 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 421 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 230 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 179 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 30 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 116 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, 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 Romania
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Romania: 132 million TIV in 2025