Azerbaijan vs Russia
Azerbaijan vs Russia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $4.67B in Azerbaijan and $158B in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by $154B, or 34 times that in Azerbaijan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 48 and Russia ranked 3 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.67B | $158B |
| 2024 | $3.78B | $149B |
| 2023 | $3.64B | $109B |
| 2022 | $3.33B | $88.7B |
| 2021 | $3.42B | $68.5B |
| 2020 | $3.02B | $67.2B |
| 2019 | $2.57B | $65.6B |
| 2018 | $2.38B | $62.8B |
| 2017 | $2.26B | $65.3B |
| 2016 | $2.16B | $80.6B |
| 2015 | $3.23B | $75.1B |
| 2014 | $3.04B | $69.7B |
| 2013 | $3.03B | $65B |
| 2012 | $3B | $62B |
| 2011 | $2.89B | $53.5B |
| 2010 | $1.52B | $50.2B |
| 2009 | $1.6B | $49.2B |
| 2008 | $1.82B | $46.9B |
| 2007 | $1.35B | $42.6B |
| 2006 | $1.24B | $39.2B |
| 2005 | $604M | $35.4B |
| 2004 | $516M | $31.1B |
| 2003 | $425M | $29.8B |
| 2002 | $341M | $28.4B |
| 2001 | $316M | $25.7B |
| 2000 | $280M | $23.7B |
| 1999 | $264M | $17.6B |
| 1998 | $203M | $15.8B |
| 1997 | $178M | $26.6B |
| 1996 | $155M | $24.4B |
| 1995 | $176M | $25.8B |
| 1994 | $212M | $39.2B |
| 1993 | $420M | $41.5B |
| 1992 | $400M | $47.5B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP 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