Azerbaijan vs Spain

Azerbaijan vs Spain: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 4.34 percentage points, or 3.04 times that in Spain.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Azerbaijan vs Spain: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 2.13% of GDP in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 4.34 percentage points, or 3.04 times that in Spain.
AzerbaijanSpainSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 6 and Spain ranked 51 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearAzerbaijanSpain
20256.472.13
20245.081.46
20234.921.54
20223.81.43
20214.931.37
20205.241.36
20193.851.23
20183.551.25
20173.761.22
20163.691.13
20155.471.26
20144.561.25
20134.541.27
20124.661.42
20114.671.33
20102.791.38
20093.331.36
20083.291.37
20072.861.36
20063.421.37
20052.31.39
20042.631.43
20032.431.42
20022.241.46
20012.311.63
20002.271.73
19992.631.76
19982.411.76
19972.321.72
19962.251.81
19952.741.92
19941.952
199352.01
19922.42.04
1991–2.13
1990–2.29
1989–2.36
1988–2.49
1987–2.62
1986–2.63
1985–2.96
1984–2.97
1983–2.94
1982–2.66
1981–2.58
1980–2.49
1979–2.5
1978–2.36
1977–2.31
1976–2.32
1975–2
1974–2.21
1973–2.11
1972–2.32
1971–2.11
1970–2.29
1969–2.43
1968–2.3
1967–1.85
1966–2.08
1965–1.89
1964–1.93
1963–1.97
1962–2.27
1961–2.03
1960–2.25
1959–1.91
1958–1.93
1957–2.24
1956–2.26
1955–2.31
1954–2.29
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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.

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