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Azerbaijan vs Iran

118 shared metrics.

AzerbaijanLeads in 52

vs118 shared

IranLeads in 66

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Azerbaijan

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Azerbaijan.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Azerbaijan has mud-volcano islands in the Caspian that can appear, erupt, and erode back into the sea.

NASA

Iran

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Identity

Formal name: Islamic Republic of Iran.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Iran's qanats move water for kilometres underground by gravity, keeping dry settlements alive.

UNESCO

Analysis

Iran leads in 66 of 118 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 52.

Azerbaijan's Spirits Consumption is 42.1x that of Iran (0.85 L/person/yr vs 0.02 L/person/yr).

Azerbaijan's Current Account Balance (% of GDP) is 8.2x that of Iran (5.5% of GDP vs 0.60% of GDP).

Azerbaijan's Beer Consumption is 5.2x that of Iran (0.38 L/person/yr vs 0.06 L/person/yr).

Azerbaijan's Alcohol Consumption is 3.9x that of Iran (2.5 L/adult/yr vs 0.51 L/adult/yr).

Azerbaijan's Women in Parliament (%) is 3.3x that of Iran (20.8% vs 4.8%).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.85 L/person/yr

Iran

0.02 L/person/yr

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

5.5% of GDP

Iran

0.60% of GDP

Beer ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.38 L/person/yr

Iran

0.06 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

2.5 L/adult/yr

Iran

0.51 L/adult/yr

Women in Parliament (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

20.8%

Iran

4.8%

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

Agricultural Land (%)

Azerbaijan

57.83%

Iran

29.01%

99% higher

Comparison of Azerbaijan and Iran across 118 metrics
				Winner
Spirits Consumption	0.85 L/person/yr	0.02 L/person/yr	4215% higher	Azerbaijan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.5% of GDP	0.60% of GDP	817% higher	Azerbaijan
Beer Consumption	0.38 L/person/yr	0.06 L/person/yr	520% higher	Azerbaijan
Alcohol Consumption	2.5 L/adult/yr	0.51 L/adult/yr	388% higher	Azerbaijan
Women in Parliament (%)	20.8%	4.8%	331% higher	Azerbaijan
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.16 per 100k people	0.04 per 100k people	318% higher	Azerbaijan
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.9%	0.81%	258% higher	Azerbaijan
Milk Consumption per Person	152.07 kg/person/yr	46.69 kg/person/yr	226% higher	Azerbaijan
Renewable Energy (%)	4.3%	1.4%	200% higher	Azerbaijan
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.03 per 1M people	176% higher	Azerbaijan
Protected Land (%)	22.1%	8.6%	157% higher	Azerbaijan
Military Spending	5.0% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	148% higher	Azerbaijan
Water Stress (%)	160.53%	72.33%	122% higher	Azerbaijan
Population Density	122.85 /km²	55.85 /km²	120% higher	Azerbaijan
Forest Coverage (%)	14.11%	6.6%	112% higher	Azerbaijan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	1.9 per 1k	105% higher	Azerbaijan
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.32	103% higher	Azerbaijan
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Azerbaijan
Domestic Patents	119	10.2K	99% lower	Iran
Agricultural Land (%)	57.83%	29.01%	99% higher	Azerbaijan
Scientific Publications	1.2K	60.9K	98% lower	Iran
Foreign Patents	16	581	97% lower	Iran
Land Area	82.7K km²	1.62M km²	95% lower	Iran
Exports (% GDP)	45.9% of GDP	23.55% of GDP	95% higher	Azerbaijan
Total CO2 Emissions	38.89 Mt CO2e	828.99 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Iran
Inflation Rate	2.2%	32.5%	93% lower	Iran
Electricity Generation	29.27 TWh	387.78 TWh	92% lower	Iran
Electric Generating Capacity	8.38M kW	86.06M kW	90% lower	Iran
Forest Area	11.7K km²	107.9K km²	89% lower	Iran
Population	10.69M	89.18M	88% lower	Iran
Armed Forces Personnel	82.0K	650.0K	87% lower	Iran
Air Passengers	2.58M	18.07M	86% lower	Iran
Water Withdrawal	13.03 B m³	92.95 B m³	86% lower	Iran
GDP (Nominal)	$74,315,882,352.94	$475,252,089,215.42	84% lower	Iran
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.0 kg/person/yr	12.14 kg/person/yr	83% lower	Iran
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	29 sites	83% lower	Iran
Airports	33	183	82% lower	Iran
Irrigated Land	14.7K km²	79.7K km²	82% lower	Iran
Railway Network	2.1K km	9.5K km	77% lower	Iran
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.2 per 1k	1.8 per 1k	76% higher	Azerbaijan
Broadband Access (%)	21 per 100 people	12 per 100 people	75% higher	Azerbaijan
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.18% of GDP	0.73% of GDP	75% lower	Iran
Merchant Fleet Size	312	965	68% lower	Iran
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Iran
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	9.0 gold medals	27 gold medals	67% lower	Iran
Railway Length	2.9K km	8.5K km	65% lower	Iran
Suicide Rate	1.6 per 100k	4.1 per 100k	62% lower	Iran
Vehicles per 1,000 People	136.36 per 1k people	357.26 per 1k people	62% lower	Iran
Child Mortality	18.6 per 1k births	11.8 per 1k births	58% higher	Azerbaijan
Land Border Length	2.5K km	5.9K km	58% lower	Iran
Tobacco Use Prevalence	18.7% of adults	11.9% of adults	57% higher	Azerbaijan
Government Debt (% GDP)	16.8% of GDP	39.5% of GDP	57% lower	Iran
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	39.93 per 100k	88.65 per 100k	55% lower	Iran
CO2 Per Capita	3.9 t/person/yr	8.7 t/person/yr	55% lower	Iran
Hypertension Prevalence	40.9% of adults	27% of adults	51% higher	Azerbaijan
Tourist Arrivals	796.0K	1.55M	49% lower	Iran
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.10	49% lower	Iran
Insufficient Physical Activity	22.84% of adults	44.73% of adults	49% lower	Iran
Smoking Rate	19.6%	13.3%	47% higher	Azerbaijan
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kg oil eq/person	3.3K kg oil eq/person	47% lower	Iran
Death Rate	6.4 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	46% higher	Azerbaijan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.09	0.17	45% lower	Iran
Renewable Energy (%)	1.3%	0.90%	44% higher	Azerbaijan
GNI Per Capita	$7,330	$5,130	43% higher	Azerbaijan
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.09% of youth labor force	21.9% of youth labor force	40% lower	Iran
Digital Payments Used	51.59% of adults	85.98% of adults	40% lower	Iran
Safe Drinking Water (%)	57.81%	94.41%	39% lower	Iran
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	9.2%	39% lower	Iran
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	110 per 100 people	174 per 100 people	37% lower	Iran
All-Time Olympic Medals	56 medals	88 medals	36% lower	Iran
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	3.7K kWh/person	35% lower	Iran
Teen Birth Rate	34.77 per 1k	26.2 per 1k	33% higher	Azerbaijan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	21.73 µg/m³	32.29 µg/m³	33% lower	Iran
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	23 pts	30% higher	Azerbaijan
University Enrollment Rate	41.34%	58.67%	30% lower	Iran
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.7% of GDP	2.8% of GDP	30% higher	Azerbaijan
Imports (% GDP)	36.79% of GDP	28.51% of GDP	29% higher	Azerbaijan
Border Neighbors	5.0	7.0	29% lower	Iran
Health Spending Per Capita	$304.2	$237.83	28% higher	Azerbaijan
Average Weekly Work Hours	34.43 hrs/week	46.78 hrs/week	26% lower	Iran
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$25,089	$19,873.89	26% higher	Azerbaijan
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	5.3% of GDP	26% lower	Iran
Researchers	1.7K per 1M	2.2K per 1M	26% lower	Iran
Infant Mortality	13.3 per 1k births	10.7 per 1k births	24% higher	Azerbaijan
Urban Population (%)	58.57%	77.02%	24% lower	Iran
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	5.6K m	21% lower	Iran
Food Waste per Person	162.77 kg/person/yr	134.86 kg/person/yr	21% higher	Azerbaijan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	26 days/yr	19% lower	Iran
Can Raise Emergency Money	79.84% of adults	96.71% of adults	17% lower	Iran
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.2 per 100k	20.6 per 100k	17% lower	Iran
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.77	16% higher	Azerbaijan
Adult Literacy Rate	99.78%	88.92%	12% higher	Azerbaijan
Internet Users (%)	89%	80%	11% higher	Azerbaijan
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	3.7%	11% higher	Azerbaijan
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	10% higher	Azerbaijan
Obesity Rate	27.5%	25.26%	9% higher	Azerbaijan
Sanitation Access (%)	98.98%	90.46%	9% higher	Azerbaijan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.17	0.16	8% higher	Azerbaijan
Credit Card Ownership	13.38% of adults	12.36% of adults	8% higher	Azerbaijan
Meat Consumption per Person	34.08 kg/person/yr	35.98 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Iran
Life Expectancy	74.4 years	77.7 years	4% lower	Iran
Elderly Population (%)	8.6%	8.2%	4% higher	Azerbaijan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	631.9 gCO2/kWh	659.53 gCO2/kWh	4% lower	Iran
Life Evaluation Score	5.0 pts	5.2 pts	3% lower	Iran
Youth Population (%)	21.81%	22.44%	3% lower	Iran
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.31% of GDP	0.30% of GDP	2% higher	Azerbaijan
Human Development Index	0.79	0.80	1% lower	Iran
Dependency Ratio	43.61% of working-age pop.	44.26% of working-age pop.	1% lower	Iran
Median Age	32.6 years	32.9 years	1% lower	Iran
Birth Rate	11.13 per 1k	11.24 per 1k	1% lower	Iran
Coastline Length	0 km	2.4K km	ranked lower	Iran
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0.18%	ranked lower	Iran
Wind Electricity Share	0.32%	0.32%	equal	Azerbaijan
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.23%	ranked lower	Iran
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Azerbaijan
Capital Elevation	-28 m	1.2K m	ranked lower	Iran
Lowest Elevation	-28 m	-28 m	ranked higher	Azerbaijan
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.5 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Azerbaijan

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Analysis

Iran leads in 66 of 118 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 52.

Azerbaijan's Spirits Consumption is 42.1x that of Iran (0.85 L/person/yr vs 0.02 L/person/yr).

Azerbaijan's Current Account Balance (% of GDP) is 8.2x that of Iran (5.5% of GDP vs 0.60% of GDP).

Azerbaijan's Beer Consumption is 5.2x that of Iran (0.38 L/person/yr vs 0.06 L/person/yr).

Azerbaijan's Alcohol Consumption is 3.9x that of Iran (2.5 L/adult/yr vs 0.51 L/adult/yr).

Azerbaijan's Women in Parliament (%) is 3.3x that of Iran (20.8% vs 4.8%).

Key Comparisons

Spirits ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.85 L/person/yr

Iran

0.02 L/person/yr

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

5.5% of GDP

Iran

0.60% of GDP

Beer ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.38 L/person/yr

Iran

0.06 L/person/yr

Alcohol ConsumptionAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

2.5 L/adult/yr

Iran

0.51 L/adult/yr

Women in Parliament (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

20.8%

Iran

4.8%

Azerbaijan

0.16 per 100k people

Iran

0.04 per 100k people

Spirits Consumption

0.85 L/person/yr

0.02 L/person/yr

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

5.5% of GDP

0.60% of GDP

Beer Consumption

0.38 L/person/yr

0.06 L/person/yr

Alcohol Consumption

2.5 L/adult/yr

0.51 L/adult/yr

Women in Parliament (%)

20.8%

4.8%

0.16 per 100k people

0.04 per 100k people

High-Tech Exports (%)

2.9%

0.81%

Milk Consumption per Person

152.07 kg/person/yr

46.69 kg/person/yr

Renewable Energy (%)

4.3%

1.4%

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.09 per 1M people

0.03 per 1M people

Protected Land (%)

22.1%

8.6%

Military Spending

5.0% of GDP

2.0% of GDP

Water Stress (%)

160.53%

72.33%

Population Density

122.85 /km²

55.85 /km²

Forest Coverage (%)

14.11%

6.6%

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

3.9 per 1k

1.9 per 1k

Women's Political Empowerment

0.65

0.32

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Domestic Patents

119

10.2K

Agricultural Land (%)

57.83%

29.01%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Spirits Consumption

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Beer Consumption

Alcohol Consumption

Women in Parliament (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

High-Tech Exports (%)

Milk Consumption per Person

Renewable Energy (%)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Protected Land (%)

Military Spending

Water Stress (%)

Population Density

Forest Coverage (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Women's Political Empowerment

Official Languages Count

Domestic Patents

Agricultural Land (%)

Scientific Publications

Foreign Patents

Land Area

Exports (% GDP)

Total CO2 Emissions

Inflation Rate

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Forest Area

Population

Armed Forces Personnel

Air Passengers

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Seafood Consumption per Person

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Airports

Irrigated Land

Railway Network

Doctors (per 1,000)

Broadband Access (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Merchant Fleet Size

Time Zones Count

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Railway Length

Suicide Rate

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Child Mortality

Land Border Length

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Government Debt (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

CO2 Per Capita

Hypertension Prevalence

Tourist Arrivals

Liberal Democracy Index

Insufficient Physical Activity

Smoking Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Death Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Renewable Energy (%)

GNI Per Capita

Youth Unemployment Rate

Digital Payments Used

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Unemployment Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Teen Birth Rate