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Azerbaijan vs Turkey

126 shared metrics.

AzerbaijanLeads in 40

vs126 shared

TurkeyLeads in 86

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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.

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Turkey

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Turkey.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Istanbul famously spans both Europe and Asia across the Bosporus.

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Analysis

Turkey leads in 86 of 126 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 40.

Azerbaijan's Water Stress (%) is 4.7x that of Turkey (160.53% vs 28.4%).

Azerbaijan's Protected Land (%) is 2.2x that of Turkey (22.1% vs 7.0%).

Azerbaijan's Teen Birth Rate is 1.9x that of Turkey (34.77 per 1k vs 12.05 per 1k).

Azerbaijan's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 1.7x that of Turkey (0.09 per 1M people vs 0.04 per 1M people).

Azerbaijan's Road Traffic Death Rate is 1.6x that of Turkey (17.2 per 100k vs 6.5 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

160.53%

Turkey

28.4%

Protected Land (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

22.1%

Turkey

7.0%

Teen Birth RateAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

34.77 per 1k

Turkey

12.05 per 1k

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.09 per 1M people

Turkey

0.04 per 1M people

Road Traffic Death RateAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

17.2 per 100k

Turkey

6.5 per 100k

Military SpendingAzerbaijan leads

Turkey

Azerbaijan

Turkey

242

93% lower

Total CO2 Emissions

Turkey

Azerbaijan

38.89 Mt CO2e

Turkey

460.03 Mt CO2e

92% lower

Comparison of Azerbaijan and Turkey across 126 metrics
				Winner
Water Stress (%)	160.53%	28.4%	465% higher	Azerbaijan
Protected Land (%)	22.1%	7.0%	216% higher	Azerbaijan
Teen Birth Rate	34.77 per 1k	12.05 per 1k	188% higher	Azerbaijan
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.04 per 1M people	169% higher	Azerbaijan
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.2 per 100k	6.5 per 100k	165% higher	Azerbaijan
Military Spending	5.0% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	160% higher	Azerbaijan
Firms Making Informal Payments	6.0% of firms	2.5% of firms	138% higher	Azerbaijan
Spirits Consumption	0.85 L/person/yr	0.37 L/person/yr	131% higher	Azerbaijan
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Azerbaijan
Domestic Patents	119	8.2K	99% lower	Turkey
Air Passengers	2.58M	125.94M	98% lower	Turkey
Scientific Publications	1.2K	52.7K	98% lower	Turkey
Tourism Revenue	$340,000,000	$13,771,000,000	98% lower	Turkey
Wind Electricity Share	0.32%	11.14%	97% lower	Turkey
Inflation Rate	2.2%	58.5%	96% lower	Turkey
Tourist Arrivals	796.0K	15.97M	95% lower	Turkey
Forest Area	11.7K km²	226.9K km²	95% lower	Turkey
GDP (Nominal)	$74,315,882,352.94	$1,359,123,768,774.12	95% lower	Turkey
Foreign Patents	16	242	93% lower	Turkey
Total CO2 Emissions	38.89 Mt CO2e	460.03 Mt CO2e	92% lower	Turkey
Electric Generating Capacity	8.38M kW	106.28M kW	92% lower	Turkey
Electricity Generation	29.27 TWh	341.22 TWh	91% lower	Turkey
Land Area	82.7K km²	769.6K km²	89% lower	Turkey
Renewable Energy (%)	1.3%	12%	89% lower	Turkey
Population	10.69M	84.63M	87% lower	Turkey
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.18% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	86% lower	Turkey
Armed Forces Personnel	82.0K	512.0K	84% lower	Turkey
Water Withdrawal	13.03 B m³	64.47 B m³	80% lower	Turkey
Railway Network	2.1K km	10.5K km	80% lower	Turkey
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.16 per 100k people	0.77 per 100k people	79% lower	Turkey
Renewable Energy (%)	4.3%	19.79%	78% lower	Turkey
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	9.0 gold medals	41 gold medals	78% lower	Turkey
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	22 sites	77% lower	Turkey
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	12 days/yr	75% higher	Azerbaijan
Railway Length	2.9K km	11.5K km	74% lower	Turkey
Merchant Fleet Size	312	1.2K	73% lower	Turkey
Airports	33	116	72% lower	Turkey
Irrigated Land	14.7K km²	52.1K km²	72% lower	Turkey
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.75% of firms	2.4% of firms	69% lower	Turkey
Firms Hit by Power Outages	10.26% of firms	32.76% of firms	69% lower	Turkey
Credit Card Ownership	13.38% of adults	43.67% of adults	69% lower	Turkey
University Enrollment Rate	41.34%	127.58%	68% lower	Turkey
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% lower	Turkey
Exports (% GDP)	45.9% of GDP	27.57% of GDP	67% higher	Azerbaijan
Nurses & Midwives	5.7 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	67% higher	Azerbaijan
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.0 kg/person/yr	5.5 kg/person/yr	64% lower	Turkey
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.31% of GDP	0.86% of GDP	64% lower	Turkey
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.11	52% lower	Turkey
Forest Coverage (%)	14.11%	29.48%	52% lower	Turkey
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	39.93 per 100k	80.55 per 100k	50% lower	Turkey
All-Time Olympic Medals	56 medals	111 medals	50% lower	Turkey
Vehicles per 1,000 People	136.36 per 1k people	266.03 per 1k people	49% lower	Turkey
Freedom of Expression Index	0.09	0.18	49% lower	Turkey
Insufficient Physical Activity	22.84% of adults	44.39% of adults	49% lower	Turkey
Alcohol Consumption	2.5 L/adult/yr	1.7 L/adult/yr	47% higher	Azerbaijan
GNI Per Capita	$7,330	$13,460	46% lower	Turkey
Infant Mortality	13.3 per 1k births	9.1 per 1k births	46% higher	Azerbaijan
Child Mortality	18.6 per 1k births	12.8 per 1k births	45% higher	Azerbaijan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$25,089	$45,122.93	44% lower	Turkey
Beer Consumption	0.38 L/person/yr	0.66 L/person/yr	43% lower	Turkey
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.9%	5.1%	43% lower	Turkey
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.2 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	42% higher	Azerbaijan
Suicide Rate	1.6 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	42% lower	Turkey
Electoral Democracy Index	0.17	0.29	42% lower	Turkey
Tobacco Use Prevalence	18.7% of adults	31.1% of adults	40% lower	Turkey
Government Debt (% GDP)	16.8% of GDP	26.62% of GDP	37% lower	Turkey
Border Neighbors	5.0	8.0	37% lower	Turkey
Smoking Rate	19.6%	30.5%	36% lower	Turkey
Imports (% GDP)	36.79% of GDP	27.03% of GDP	36% higher	Azerbaijan
Big Mac Price	$3.91	$5.9	34% lower	Turkey
Unemployment Rate	5.6%	8.4%	34% lower	Turkey
CO2 Per Capita	3.9 t/person/yr	5.9 t/person/yr	34% lower	Turkey
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	3.6K kWh/person	34% lower	Turkey
Urban Population (%)	58.57%	89.34%	34% lower	Turkey
Homicide Rate	2.2 per 100k	3.2 per 100k	33% lower	Turkey
Researchers	1.7K per 1M	2.5K per 1M	33% lower	Turkey
Electricity Carbon Intensity	631.9 gCO2/kWh	474.74 gCO2/kWh	33% higher	Azerbaijan
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	30% higher	Azerbaijan
Digital Payments Used	51.59% of adults	71.42% of adults	28% lower	Turkey
Firms with Female Top Manager	7.3% of firms	9.4% of firms	23% lower	Turkey
Milk Consumption per Person	152.07 kg/person/yr	193.94 kg/person/yr	22% lower	Turkey
Hypertension Prevalence	40.9% of adults	33.5% of adults	22% higher	Azerbaijan
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	3.3%	22% higher	Azerbaijan
Health Spending Per Capita	$304.2	$385.88	21% lower	Turkey
Obesity Rate	27.5%	34.26%	20% lower	Turkey
Average Weekly Work Hours	34.43 hrs/week	42 hrs/week	18% lower	Turkey
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.09% of youth labor force	16.04% of youth labor force	18% lower	Turkey
Birth Rate	11.13 per 1k	13.56 per 1k	18% lower	Turkey
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.7% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	18% higher	Azerbaijan
Elderly Population (%)	8.6%	10.28%	17% lower	Turkey
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.56	16% higher	Azerbaijan
Agricultural Land (%)	57.83%	50.14%	15% higher	Azerbaijan
Can Raise Emergency Money	79.84% of adults	92.54% of adults	14% lower	Turkey
Highest Elevation	4.5K m	5.1K m	13% lower	Turkey
Meat Consumption per Person	34.08 kg/person/yr	38.87 kg/person/yr	12% lower	Turkey
Land Border Length	2.5K km	2.8K km	12% lower	Turkey
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.80	11% higher	Azerbaijan
Population Density	122.85 /km²	110.87 /km²	11% higher	Azerbaijan
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	10% lower	Turkey
Human Development Index	0.79	0.85	8% lower	Turkey
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.5 per 1M people	2.3 per 1M people	8% higher	Azerbaijan
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	7% higher	Azerbaijan
Dependency Ratio	43.61% of working-age pop.	46.48% of working-age pop.	6% lower	Turkey
Life Evaluation Score	5.0 pts	5.3 pts	6% lower	Turkey
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.7K kg oil eq/person	1.8K kg oil eq/person	6% lower	Turkey
Broadband Access (%)	21 per 100 people	22 per 100 people	5% lower	Turkey
Women in Parliament (%)	20.8%	19.87%	5% higher	Azerbaijan
Death Rate	6.4 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	4% higher	Azerbaijan
Life Expectancy	74.4 years	77.2 years	4% lower	Turkey
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	31 pts	3% lower	Turkey
Adult Literacy Rate	99.78%	97.26%	3% higher	Azerbaijan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	110 per 100 people	108 per 100 people	2% higher	Azerbaijan
Internet Users (%)	89%	87%	2% higher	Azerbaijan
Youth Population (%)	21.81%	21.45%	2% higher	Azerbaijan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	21.73 µg/m³	21.61 µg/m³	1% higher	Azerbaijan
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.79% of GDP	17.62% of GDP	1% higher	Azerbaijan
Coastline Length	0 km	7.2K km	ranked lower	Turkey
Coal Electricity Share	0%	34.31%	ranked lower	Turkey
Median Age	32.6 years	32.5 years	equal	Azerbaijan
Solar Electricity Share	0%	10.53%	ranked lower	Turkey
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Azerbaijan
Sanitation Access (%)	98.98%	99.28%	equal	Turkey
Capital Elevation	-28 m	938 m	ranked lower	Turkey
Lowest Elevation	-28 m	0 m	ranked lower	Turkey
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.5% of GDP	-1.9% of GDP	ranked higher	Azerbaijan
Food Waste per Person	162.77 kg/person/yr	162.74 kg/person/yr	equal	Azerbaijan

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Analysis

Turkey leads in 86 of 126 shared metrics, while Azerbaijan leads in 40.

Azerbaijan's Water Stress (%) is 4.7x that of Turkey (160.53% vs 28.4%).

Azerbaijan's Protected Land (%) is 2.2x that of Turkey (22.1% vs 7.0%).

Azerbaijan's Teen Birth Rate is 1.9x that of Turkey (34.77 per 1k vs 12.05 per 1k).

Azerbaijan's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 1.7x that of Turkey (0.09 per 1M people vs 0.04 per 1M people).

Azerbaijan's Road Traffic Death Rate is 1.6x that of Turkey (17.2 per 100k vs 6.5 per 100k).

Key Comparisons

Water Stress (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

160.53%

Turkey

28.4%

Protected Land (%)Azerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

22.1%

Turkey

7.0%

Teen Birth RateAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

34.77 per 1k

Turkey

12.05 per 1k

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

0.09 per 1M people

Turkey

0.04 per 1M people

Road Traffic Death RateAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

17.2 per 100k

Turkey

6.5 per 100k

Military SpendingAzerbaijan leads

Azerbaijan

5.0% of GDP

Turkey

1.9% of GDP

Water Stress (%)

160.53%

28.4%

Protected Land (%)

22.1%

7.0%

Teen Birth Rate

34.77 per 1k

12.05 per 1k

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.09 per 1M people

0.04 per 1M people

Road Traffic Death Rate

17.2 per 100k

6.5 per 100k

Military Spending

5.0% of GDP

1.9% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

6.0% of firms

2.5% of firms

Spirits Consumption

0.85 L/person/yr

0.37 L/person/yr

Official Languages Count

2.0

1.0

Domestic Patents

119

8.2K

Air Passengers

2.58M

125.94M

Scientific Publications

1.2K

52.7K

Tourism Revenue

$340,000,000

$13,771,000,000

Wind Electricity Share

0.32%

11.14%

Inflation Rate

2.2%

58.5%

Tourist Arrivals

796.0K

15.97M

Forest Area

11.7K km²

226.9K km²

GDP (Nominal)

$74,315,882,352.94

$1,359,123,768,774.12

Foreign Patents

242

Total CO2 Emissions

38.89 Mt CO2e

460.03 Mt CO2e

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Stress (%)

Protected Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Road Traffic Death Rate

Military Spending

Firms Making Informal Payments

Spirits Consumption

Official Languages Count

Domestic Patents

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

Tourism Revenue

Wind Electricity Share

Inflation Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Forest Area

GDP (Nominal)

Foreign Patents

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

Land Area

Renewable Energy (%)

Population

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Armed Forces Personnel

Water Withdrawal

Railway Network

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Renewable Energy (%)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Railway Length

Merchant Fleet Size

Airports

Irrigated Land

Firms Asked for Bribes

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Credit Card Ownership

University Enrollment Rate

Time Zones Count

Exports (% GDP)

Nurses & Midwives

Seafood Consumption per Person

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Forest Coverage (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

All-Time Olympic Medals

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Freedom of Expression Index

Insufficient Physical Activity

Alcohol Consumption

GNI Per Capita

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Beer Consumption

High-Tech Exports (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Suicide Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Government Debt (% GDP)

Border Neighbors

Smoking Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Big Mac Price

Unemployment Rate

CO2 Per Capita