Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan
Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 65 million TIV in Afghanistan in 2021 and 32 million TIV in Uzbekistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 51 million TIV, or 4.64 times that in Uzbekistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Afghanistan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 32 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 47 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 17 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 22 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 65 million | 14 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 231 million | 92 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 379 million | 78 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 312 million | 124 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 235 million | 5 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 170 million | 58 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 131 million | 100 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 323 million | 19 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 253 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 518 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 632 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 365 million | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 326 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 148 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 40 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 3 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 33 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 34 million | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 8 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.24 billion | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 1.61 billion | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.82 billion | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 927 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 489 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 210 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 158 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 394 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 269 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 455 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 553 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 632 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 449 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 156 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 75 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 230 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 137 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 47 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 25 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 120 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 166 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 145 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 230 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 198 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 91 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 56 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 40 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 64 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 55 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 39 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016