Azerbaijan vs United Kingdom
Azerbaijan vs United Kingdom: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 146 million TIV, or 1.32 times that in Azerbaijan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 22 and United Kingdom ranked 16 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 463 million | 609 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 75 million | 486 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 469 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 9 million | 859 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 886 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 51 million | 635 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 44 million | 402 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 375 million | 463 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 290 million | 1 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 287 million | 288 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 351 million | 424 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 642 million | 217 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 398 million | 509 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 397 million | 566 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 569 million | 347 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 163 million | 461 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 147 million | 381 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 34 million | 575 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 213 million | 817 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 168 million | 375 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 63 million | 31 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 4 million | 212 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 770 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 89 million | 721 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.29 billion | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | 937 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 132 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 770 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 513 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 568 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 496 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 25 million | 421 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 50 million | 796 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.15 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 953 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 130 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 209 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 285 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 207 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 273 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 355 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 682 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 292 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 766 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 812 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 557 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 232 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 191 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 262 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 251 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 337 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 319 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 239 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 222 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 176 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 70 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 2.7 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 2.35 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.44 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 242 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 166 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 133 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 159 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 38 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 34 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 26 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personAzerbaijan: $5,936 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- GDP growthAzerbaijan: 4.2% a year in 2024United Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025
- InflationAzerbaijan: 5.6% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtAzerbaijan: 20.1% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023United Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025