Azerbaijan vs Russia
Azerbaijan vs Russia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 7.5% of GDP in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.04 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Azerbaijan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 6 and Russia ranked 4 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.47 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 5.08 | 6.87 |
| 2023 | 4.92 | 5.27 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 4.56 |
| 2021 | 4.93 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 5.24 | 4.15 |
| 2019 | 3.85 | 3.85 |
| 2018 | 3.55 | 3.72 |
| 2017 | 3.76 | 4.25 |
| 2016 | 3.69 | 5.43 |
| 2015 | 5.47 | 4.87 |
| 2014 | 4.56 | 4.11 |
| 2013 | 4.54 | 3.85 |
| 2012 | 4.66 | 3.69 |
| 2011 | 4.67 | 3.43 |
| 2010 | 2.79 | 3.59 |
| 2009 | 3.33 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | 3.29 | 3.15 |
| 2007 | 2.86 | 3.12 |
| 2006 | 3.42 | 3.25 |
| 2005 | 2.3 | 3.33 |
| 2004 | 2.63 | 3.3 |
| 2003 | 2.43 | 3.67 |
| 2002 | 2.24 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 2.31 | 3.55 |
| 2000 | 2.27 | 3.31 |
| 1999 | 2.63 | 3.07 |
| 1998 | 2.41 | 2.73 |
| 1997 | 2.32 | 4.04 |
| 1996 | 2.25 | 3.76 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 3.78 |
| 1994 | 1.95 | 4.52 |
| 1993 | 5 | 4.18 |
| 1992 | 2.4 | 4.43 |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 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 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 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