Azerbaijan vs Sweden
Azerbaijan vs Sweden: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $4.67B in Azerbaijan and $15B in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $10.3B, or 3.2 times that in Azerbaijan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 48 and Sweden ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.67B | $15B |
| 2024 | $3.78B | $12.1B |
| 2023 | $3.64B | $9.07B |
| 2022 | $3.33B | $8.25B |
| 2021 | $3.42B | $7.44B |
| 2020 | $3.02B | $6.75B |
| 2019 | $2.57B | $6.49B |
| 2018 | $2.38B | $5.96B |
| 2017 | $2.26B | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $2.16B | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $3.23B | $5.7B |
| 2014 | $3.04B | $5.64B |
| 2013 | $3.03B | $5.32B |
| 2012 | $3B | $5.29B |
| 2011 | $2.89B | $5.18B |
| 2010 | $1.52B | $5.51B |
| 2009 | $1.6B | $5.09B |
| 2008 | $1.82B | $5.19B |
| 2007 | $1.35B | $5.84B |
| 2006 | $1.24B | $5.69B |
| 2005 | $604M | $5.78B |
| 2004 | $516M | $5.7B |
| 2003 | $425M | $6.06B |
| 2002 | $341M | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $316M | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $280M | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $264M | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $203M | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $178M | $6.05B |
| 1996 | $155M | $6.38B |
| 1995 | $176M | $6.3B |
| 1994 | $212M | $6.28B |
| 1993 | $420M | $6.3B |
| 1992 | $400M | $6.32B |
| 1991 | – | $6.5B |
| 1990 | – | $6.9B |
| 1989 | – | $6.77B |
| 1988 | – | $6.7B |
| 1987 | – | $6.66B |
| 1986 | – | $6.24B |
| 1985 | – | $6.14B |
| 1984 | – | $6.05B |
| 1983 | – | $5.97B |
| 1982 | – | $6.04B |
| 1981 | – | $6.19B |
| 1980 | – | $6.3B |
| 1979 | – | $6.45B |
| 1978 | – | $6.21B |
| 1977 | – | $6.04B |
| 1976 | – | $5.99B |
| 1975 | – | $6B |
| 1974 | – | $5.85B |
| 1973 | – | $5.8B |
| 1972 | – | $5.78B |
| 1971 | – | $5.61B |
| 1970 | – | $5.49B |
| 1969 | – | $5.34B |
| 1968 | – | $5.07B |
| 1967 | – | $5.07B |
| 1966 | – | $5.2B |
| 1965 | – | $5.15B |
| 1964 | – | $4.86B |
| 1963 | – | $4.62B |
| 1962 | – | $4.33B |
| 1961 | – | $4.03B |
| 1960 | – | $3.84B |
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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 Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025