Azerbaijan vs Russia
Azerbaijan vs Russia: GDP growth
GDP growth: 4.2% a year in Azerbaijan in 2024 and 1% a year in Russia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 0.8 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Azerbaijan.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Azerbaijan at 2.5% a year and Russia at 1% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | -1.4 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | -4.2 | -2.7 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | -3.1 | 0.2 |
| 2015 | 1.1 | -2 |
| 2014 | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| 2013 | 5.8 | 1.8 |
| 2012 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2009 | 9.3 | -7.8 |
| 2008 | 10.8 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 25 | 8.6 |
| 2006 | 34.5 | 8.2 |
| 2005 | 26.4 | 6.4 |
| 2004 | 9.3 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 10.2 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | 9.4 | 4.7 |
| 2001 | 9.9 | 5.1 |
| 2000 | 6.2 | 10.1 |
| 1999 | 11.4 | 6.3 |
| 1998 | 6 | -5.3 |
| 1997 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 2.5 | -3.6 |
| 1995 | -13 | -4.1 |
| 1994 | -19.7 | -12.7 |
| 1993 | -23.1 | -8.7 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| 2027 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| 2028 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2029 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2030 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2031 | 2.5 | 1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- 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 143 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 Russia
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025