Azerbaijan vs Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Azerbaijan has about 1.3 times as many people as Turkmenistan: 10.2 million against 7.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Azerbaijan ($7,411) is 13% higher than in Turkmenistan ($6,540) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Turkmenistan (6.3%) than in Azerbaijan (1.4%), a difference of 4.9 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Azerbaijan (5.5%) than in Turkmenistan (4.3%), a difference of 1.2 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Azerbaijan can expect to live 4.4 years longer than one born in Turkmenistan: 74.6 years against 70.2 years in 2024.
• The population of Azerbaijan is older: half of its people are over 32.6 years, against 26.2 years in Turkmenistan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Azerbaijan (90.8% in 2025) than in Turkmenistan (18% in 2016), a difference of 72.8 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Turkmenistan (10.9 tonnes) are about 2.9 times as high as in Azerbaijan (3.8 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Azerbaijan (14.6%) than in Turkmenistan (5%), a difference of 9.6 percentage points in 2024.