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Azerbaijan vs Russia

127 shared metrics.

AzerbaijanLeads in 37

vs127 shared

RussiaLeads in 90

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What matters for both sides

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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

Russia

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Identity

Formal name: Russian Federation.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Russia is the world's largest country and spans 11 time zones.

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Analysis

Russia leads in 90 of 127 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 37.

Azerbaijan's Water Stress (%) is 105.8x that of Russia (160.53% vs 1.5%).

Azerbaijan's Population Density is 13.0x that of Russia (122.85 /km² vs 8.8 /km²).

Azerbaijan's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 5.4x that of Russia (2.5 per 1M people vs 0.39 per 1M people).

Azerbaijan's Agricultural Land (%) is 3.4x that of Russia (57.83% vs 13.17%).

Azerbaijan's Child Mortality is 3.1x that of Russia (18.6 per 1k births vs 4.5 per 1k births).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

160.53%

Russia

1.5%

Population DensityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

122.85 /km²

Russia

8.8 /km²

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

2.5 per 1M people

Russia

0.39 per 1M people

Agricultural Land (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

57.83%

Russia

13.17%

Child MortalityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

18.6 per 1k births

Russia

4.5 per 1k births

Infant MortalityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

Russia

Azerbaijan

29.27 TWh

Russia

1.2K TWh

98% lower

Comparison of Azerbaijan and Russia across 127 metrics
				Winner
Water Stress (%)	160.53%	1.5%	10579% higher	Azerbaijan
Population Density	122.85 /km²	8.8 /km²	1299% higher	Azerbaijan
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.5 per 1M people	0.39 per 1M people	544% higher	Azerbaijan
Agricultural Land (%)	57.83%	13.17%	339% higher	Azerbaijan
Child Mortality	18.6 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	313% higher	Azerbaijan
Infant Mortality	13.3 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	259% higher	Azerbaijan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.5% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	244% higher	Azerbaijan
Food Waste per Person	162.77 kg/person/yr	55.52 kg/person/yr	193% higher	Azerbaijan
Teen Birth Rate	34.77 per 1k	12.97 per 1k	168% higher	Azerbaijan
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	2.5%	121% higher	Azerbaijan
Exports (% GDP)	45.9% of GDP	21.92% of GDP	109% higher	Azerbaijan
Imports (% GDP)	36.79% of GDP	17.59% of GDP	109% higher	Azerbaijan
Foreign Patents	16	11.4K	100% lower	Russia
Forest Area	11.7K km²	8.15M km²	100% lower	Russia
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Azerbaijan
Domestic Patents	119	19.6K	99% lower	Russia
Land Area	82.7K km²	16.38M km²	99% lower	Russia
Scientific Publications	1.2K	84.3K	99% lower	Russia
Total CO2 Emissions	38.89 Mt CO2e	2.0K Mt CO2e	98% lower	Russia
Electricity Generation	29.27 TWh	1.2K TWh	98% lower	Russia
Railway Length	2.9K km	85.5K km	97% lower	Russia
Air Passengers	2.58M	98.87M	97% lower	Russia
Railway Network	2.1K km	85.5K km	97% lower	Russia
GDP (Nominal)	$74,315,882,352.94	$2,173,835,806,671.66	97% lower	Russia
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.75% of firms	26.8% of firms	97% lower	Russia
Electric Generating Capacity	8.38M kW	301.93M kW	97% lower	Russia
Airports	33	938	96% lower	Russia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	9.0 gold medals	192 gold medals	95% lower	Russia
Armed Forces Personnel	82.0K	1.45M	94% lower	Russia
Suicide Rate	1.6 per 100k	21.37 per 100k	93% lower	Russia
Tourism Revenue	$340,000,000	$4,961,000,000	93% lower	Russia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	21.73 µg/m³	11.27 µg/m³	93% higher	Azerbaijan
Population	10.69M	140.13M	92% lower	Russia
Protected Land (%)	22.1%	11.5%	92% higher	Azerbaijan
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.0 kg/person/yr	21.76 kg/person/yr	91% lower	Russia
All-Time Olympic Medals	56 medals	540 medals	90% lower	Russia
Merchant Fleet Size	312	2.9K	89% lower	Russia
Land Border Length	2.5K km	22.4K km	89% lower	Russia
Beer Consumption	0.38 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	88% lower	Russia
Tourist Arrivals	796.0K	6.36M	87% lower	Russia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	34 sites	85% lower	Russia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.16 per 100k people	1.1 per 100k people	85% lower	Russia
Water Withdrawal	13.03 B m³	64.82 B m³	80% lower	Russia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.18% of GDP	0.93% of GDP	80% lower	Russia
Alcohol Consumption	2.5 L/adult/yr	10.53 L/adult/yr	76% lower	Russia
Inflation Rate	2.2%	8.4%	74% lower	Russia
Spirits Consumption	0.85 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	73% lower	Russia
Forest Coverage (%)	14.11%	49.78%	72% lower	Russia
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.09% of youth labor force	7.6% of youth labor force	72% higher	Azerbaijan
Health Spending Per Capita	$304.2	$1,078.23	72% lower	Russia
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.9%	9.7%	70% lower	Russia
Firms with Female Top Manager	7.3% of firms	24.25% of firms	70% lower	Russia
CO2 Per Capita	3.9 t/person/yr	12.29 t/person/yr	69% lower	Russia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kg oil eq/person	5.6K kg oil eq/person	69% lower	Russia
Homicide Rate	2.2 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	68% lower	Russia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	39.93 per 100k	121.42 per 100k	67% lower	Russia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	7.2K kWh/person	67% lower	Russia
Irrigated Land	14.7K km²	43.0K km²	66% lower	Russia
Firms Making Informal Payments	6.0% of firms	16.58% of firms	64% lower	Russia
Border Neighbors	5.0	14	64% lower	Russia
Renewable Energy (%)	1.3%	3.5%	63% lower	Russia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	136.36 per 1k people	372.47 per 1k people	63% lower	Russia
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.2 per 100k	10.6 per 100k	62% higher	Azerbaijan
Meat Consumption per Person	34.08 kg/person/yr	87.81 kg/person/yr	61% lower	Russia
Death Rate	6.4 per 1k	13.93 per 1k	54% lower	Russia
GNI Per Capita	$7,330	$15,320	52% lower	Russia
Elderly Population (%)	8.6%	17.18%	50% lower	Russia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.19 per 1M people	49% lower	Russia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.79% of GDP	12.07% of GDP	47% higher	Azerbaijan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$25,089	$47,404.96	47% lower	Russia
Credit Card Ownership	13.38% of adults	25.08% of adults	47% lower	Russia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	44% lower	Russia
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	6.9% of GDP	43% lower	Russia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	110 per 100 people	186 per 100 people	41% lower	Russia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	631.9 gCO2/kWh	449.73 gCO2/kWh	41% higher	Azerbaijan
Digital Payments Used	51.59% of adults	87.42% of adults	41% lower	Russia
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.2 per 1k	5.1 per 1k	38% lower	Russia
Researchers	1.7K per 1M	2.7K per 1M	38% lower	Russia
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	22 pts	36% higher	Azerbaijan
Birth Rate	11.13 per 1k	8.3 per 1k	35% higher	Azerbaijan
Smoking Rate	19.6%	29.2%	33% lower	Russia
University Enrollment Rate	41.34%	60.39%	32% lower	Russia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	10.26% of firms	15.15% of firms	32% lower	Russia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	18.7% of adults	26.5% of adults	29% lower	Russia
Military Spending	5.0% of GDP	7.1% of GDP	29% lower	Russia
Insufficient Physical Activity	22.84% of adults	17.66% of adults	29% higher	Azerbaijan
Renewable Energy (%)	4.3%	6.0%	28% lower	Russia
Women in Parliament (%)	20.8%	16.44%	26% higher	Azerbaijan
Youth Population (%)	21.81%	17.28%	26% higher	Azerbaijan
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	28 days/yr	25% lower	Russia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	57.81%	76.26%	24% lower	Russia
Urban Population (%)	58.57%	75.11%	22% lower	Russia
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	5.6K m	21% lower	Russia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.55	19% higher	Azerbaijan
Broadband Access (%)	21 per 100 people	25.82 per 100 people	19% lower	Russia
Dependency Ratio	43.61% of working-age pop.	52.57% of working-age pop.	17% lower	Russia
Median Age	32.6 years	39.5 years	17% lower	Russia
Can Raise Emergency Money	79.84% of adults	95.61% of adults	16% lower	Russia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.09	0.08	15% higher	Azerbaijan
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.78	14% higher	Azerbaijan
Life Evaluation Score	5.0 pts	5.8 pts	14% lower	Russia
Average Weekly Work Hours	34.43 hrs/week	38.99 hrs/week	12% lower	Russia
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.7% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	12% lower	Russia
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	11% higher	Azerbaijan
Government Debt (% GDP)	16.8% of GDP	18.5% of GDP	9% lower	Russia
Hypertension Prevalence	40.9% of adults	44.3% of adults	8% lower	Russia
Nurses & Midwives	5.7 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	8% lower	Russia
Milk Consumption per Person	152.07 kg/person/yr	163.57 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Russia
Sanitation Access (%)	98.98%	92.22%	7% higher	Azerbaijan
Internet Users (%)	89%	94.36%	6% lower	Russia
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	4.3%	6% lower	Russia
Human Development Index	0.79	0.83	5% lower	Russia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.06	5% lower	Russia
Wind Electricity Share	0.32%	0.31%	3% higher	Azerbaijan
Obesity Rate	27.5%	28.05%	2% lower	Russia
Life Expectancy	74.4 years	73.3 years	2% higher	Azerbaijan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.17	0.17	1% higher	Azerbaijan
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	equal	Azerbaijan
Coastline Length	0 km	37.7K km	ranked lower	Russia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	18.4%	ranked lower	Russia
Solar Electricity Share	0%	0.24%	ranked lower	Russia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Azerbaijan
Adult Literacy Rate	99.78%	99.93%	equal	Russia
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	99.9%	99.6%	equal	Azerbaijan
Capital Elevation	-28 m	156 m	ranked lower	Russia
Lowest Elevation	-28 m	-28 m	ranked higher	Azerbaijan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.31% of GDP	-0.44% of GDP	ranked higher	Azerbaijan

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Analysis

Russia leads in 90 of 127 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 37.

Azerbaijan's Water Stress (%) is 105.8x that of Russia (160.53% vs 1.5%).

Azerbaijan's Population Density is 13.0x that of Russia (122.85 /km² vs 8.8 /km²).

Azerbaijan's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 5.4x that of Russia (2.5 per 1M people vs 0.39 per 1M people).

Azerbaijan's Agricultural Land (%) is 3.4x that of Russia (57.83% vs 13.17%).

Azerbaijan's Child Mortality is 3.1x that of Russia (18.6 per 1k births vs 4.5 per 1k births).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

160.53%

Russia

1.5%

Population DensityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

122.85 /km²

Russia

8.8 /km²

Azerbaijan

2.5 per 1M people

Russia

0.39 per 1M people

Agricultural Land (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

57.83%

Russia

13.17%

Child MortalityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

18.6 per 1k births

Russia

4.5 per 1k births

Infant MortalityAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

13.3 per 1k births

Russia

3.7 per 1k births

Water Stress (%)

160.53%

1.5%

Population Density

122.85 /km²

8.8 /km²

2.5 per 1M people

0.39 per 1M people

Agricultural Land (%)

57.83%

13.17%

Child Mortality

18.6 per 1k births

4.5 per 1k births

Infant Mortality

13.3 per 1k births

3.7 per 1k births

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

5.5% of GDP

1.6% of GDP

Food Waste per Person

162.77 kg/person/yr

55.52 kg/person/yr

Teen Birth Rate

34.77 per 1k

12.97 per 1k

Unemployment Rate

5.6%

2.5%

Exports (% GDP)

45.9% of GDP

21.92% of GDP

Imports (% GDP)

36.79% of GDP

17.59% of GDP

Foreign Patents

11.4K

Forest Area

11.7K km²

8.15M km²

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Domestic Patents

119

19.6K

Land Area

82.7K km²

16.38M km²

Scientific Publications

1.2K

84.3K

Total CO2 Emissions

38.89 Mt CO2e

2.0K Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

29.27 TWh

1.2K TWh

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Stress (%)

Population Density

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Agricultural Land (%)

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Food Waste per Person

Teen Birth Rate

Unemployment Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Foreign Patents

Forest Area

Official Languages Count

Domestic Patents

Land Area

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Railway Length

Air Passengers

Railway Network

GDP (Nominal)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Electric Generating Capacity

Airports

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Armed Forces Personnel

Suicide Rate

Tourism Revenue

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Population

Protected Land (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

All-Time Olympic Medals

Merchant Fleet Size

Land Border Length

Beer Consumption

Tourist Arrivals

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Water Withdrawal

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Alcohol Consumption

Inflation Rate

Spirits Consumption

Forest Coverage (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

High-Tech Exports (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Homicide Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Irrigated Land

Firms Making Informal Payments

Border Neighbors

Renewable Energy (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Road Traffic Death Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Death Rate

GNI Per Capita

Elderly Population (%)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Credit Card Ownership

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)