Azerbaijan vs Uzbekistan

Azerbaijan vs Uzbekistan: Military spending in US dollars

Military spending in US dollars: $4.67B in Azerbaijan in 2025 and $1.77B in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by $609M, or 1.34 times that in Uzbekistan.

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US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

Azerbaijan vs Uzbekistan: Military spending in US dollarsMilitary spending in US dollars: $4.67B in Azerbaijan in 2025 and $1.77B in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by $609M, or 1.34 times that in Uzbekistan.
AzerbaijanUzbekistanSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

Latest figures

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2025
Azerbaijan$4.67B 2025$3.23B48 of 151
Uzbekistan$1.77B 2018——

What the numbers say

  • Azerbaijan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearAzerbaijanUzbekistan
2025$4.67B–
2024$3.78B–
2023$3.64B–
2022$3.33B–
2021$3.42B–
2020$3.02B–
2019$2.57B–
2018$2.38B$1.77B
2017$2.26B–
2016$2.16B–
2015$3.23B–
2014$3.04B–
2013$3.03B–
2012$3B–
2011$2.89B–
2010$1.52B–
2009$1.6B–
2008$1.82B–
2007$1.35B–
2006$1.24B–
2005$604M–
2004$516M–
2003$425M$41.7M
2002$341M$39.4M
2001$316M$46.3M
2000$280M$53.7M
1999$264M$62.4M
1998$203M–
1997$178M$40.8M
1996$155M$35.1M
1995$176M$26.3M
1994$212M$31.4M
1993$420M–
1992$400M–
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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.

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