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.
AzerbaijanUzbekistan
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% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 6.47 2025 | 5.47 | 6 of 151 |
| Uzbekistan | 2.49 2018 | — | — |
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.
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