Azerbaijan
Military spending in Azerbaijan
Military spending in Azerbaijan: 2.4% of GDP in 1992 and 6.47% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 6.47% of GDP
- Since 1992
- +4.07 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 6 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 6.47% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 1.95% of GDP in 1994.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.47 |
| 2024 | 5.08 |
| 2023 | 4.92 |
| 2022 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 4.93 |
| 2020 | 5.24 |
| 2019 | 3.85 |
| 2018 | 3.55 |
| 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 |
| 2002 | 2.24 |
| 2001 | 2.31 |
| 2000 | 2.27 |
| 1999 | 2.63 |
| 1998 | 2.41 |
| 1997 | 2.32 |
| 1996 | 2.25 |
| 1995 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 1.95 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1992 | 2.4 |
- Estimate
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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- Military spending in US dollars$4.67B in 2025
- Military spending per person$476 in 2025
- Military share of state spending17.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel82,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports463 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2023