Azerbaijan vs Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan vs Uzbekistan: Military spending
Military spending: 6.47% of GDP in Azerbaijan in 2025 and 2.49% of GDP in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 1.06 percentage points, or 1.43 times that in Uzbekistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.47 | – |
| 2024 | 5.08 | – |
| 2023 | 4.92 | – |
| 2022 | 3.8 | – |
| 2021 | 4.93 | – |
| 2020 | 5.24 | – |
| 2019 | 3.85 | – |
| 2018 | 3.55 | 2.49 |
| 2017 | 3.76 | – |
| 2016 | 3.69 | – |
| 2015 | 5.47 | – |
| 2014 | 4.56 | – |
| 2013 | 4.54 | – |
| 2012 | 4.66 | – |
| 2011 | 4.67 | – |
| 2010 | 2.79 | – |
| 2009 | 3.33 | – |
| 2008 | 3.29 | – |
| 2007 | 2.86 | – |
| 2006 | 3.42 | – |
| 2005 | 2.3 | – |
| 2004 | 2.63 | – |
| 2003 | 2.43 | 0.43 |
| 2002 | 2.24 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 2.31 | 0.67 |
| 2000 | 2.27 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 2.63 | 1.31 |
| 1998 | 2.41 | – |
| 1997 | 2.32 | 1.12 |
| 1996 | 2.25 | 0.98 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 0.88 |
| 1994 | 1.95 | 1.53 |
| 1993 | 5 | – |
| 1992 | 2.4 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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 Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016