Azerbaijan vs Ukraine
Azerbaijan vs Ukraine: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 5.6% a year in Azerbaijan and 12.7% a year in Ukraine, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 7.1 percentage points, or 2.27 times that in Azerbaijan.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 35 and Ukraine ranked 18 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Azerbaijan at 4% a year and Ukraine at 5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Azerbaijan | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6 | 12.7 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 13.9 | 20.2 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 9.4 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 7.9 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 11 |
| 2017 | 12.9 | 14.4 |
| 2016 | 12.5 | 13.9 |
| 2015 | 4 | 48.7 |
| 2014 | 1.4 | 12.1 |
| 2013 | 2.4 | -0.3 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5.7 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 15.9 |
| 2008 | 20.8 | 25.2 |
| 2007 | 16.7 | 12.8 |
| 2006 | 8.3 | 9.1 |
| 2005 | 9.6 | 13.5 |
| 2004 | 6.7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 2.1 | 5.2 |
| 2002 | 2.7 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | -6 | 12 |
| 2000 | 1.8 | 28.2 |
| 1999 | -8.5 | 22.7 |
| 1998 | -0.8 | 10.6 |
| 1997 | 3.7 | 15.9 |
| 1996 | 19.8 | 80.2 |
| 1995 | 411.8 | 376.7 |
| 1994 | 1,664 | 891.2 |
| 1993 | 1,130 | 4,735 |
| 1992 | – | 1,210 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Azerbaijan | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.8 | 8.9 |
| 2027 | 5.6 | 8.7 |
| 2028 | 4.8 | 6.7 |
| 2029 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 2030 | 4 | 5 |
| 2031 | 4 | 5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025