Azerbaijan vs Ukraine
Azerbaijan vs Ukraine: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan and 39.56% of GDP in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 33.09 percentage points, or 6.12 times that in Azerbaijan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 6 and Ukraine ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.47 | 39.56 |
| 2024 | 5.08 | 33.96 |
| 2023 | 4.92 | 36.03 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 25.64 |
| 2021 | 4.93 | 3.43 |
| 2020 | 5.24 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 3.85 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 3.55 | 3.64 |
| 2017 | 3.76 | 3.24 |
| 2016 | 3.69 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 5.47 | 3.85 |
| 2014 | 4.56 | 2.97 |
| 2013 | 4.54 | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 4.66 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 4.67 | 2.26 |
| 2010 | 2.79 | 2.74 |
| 2009 | 3.33 | 2.84 |
| 2008 | 3.29 | 2.67 |
| 2007 | 2.86 | 2.87 |
| 2006 | 3.42 | 2.77 |
| 2005 | 2.3 | 2.79 |
| 2004 | 2.63 | 2.51 |
| 2003 | 2.43 | 2.75 |
| 2002 | 2.24 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 2.31 | 2.77 |
| 2000 | 2.27 | 3.51 |
| 1999 | 2.63 | 2.88 |
| 1998 | 2.41 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 2.32 | 3.99 |
| 1996 | 2.25 | 3.18 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 1.95 | 2.42 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 2.4 | – |
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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 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 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