12th highest military spending5% · #12 of 158 · 2024
37th highest highest point4,466 m · #37 of 213 · 2026 edition
47th lowest fertility rate1.43 children per woman · #47 of 210 · 2024
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Surprising facts about Azerbaijan
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Azerbaijan’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Azerbaijan among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Azerbaijan sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Azerbaijan across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Azerbaijan
vs Armenia 
vs Georgia 
vs Iran 
vs Russia 
vs Türkiye