Azerbaijan vs Kazakhstan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 463 million TIV in Azerbaijan and 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Azerbaijan, by 445 million TIV, or 26 times that in Kazakhstan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Azerbaijan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
In 2025, Azerbaijan ranked 22 and Kazakhstan ranked 75 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Azerbaijan	Kazakhstan	World
2025	463 million	18 million	33.3 billion
2024	75 million	460 million	30.6 billion
2023	3 million	223 million	29.5 billion
2022	9 million	191 million	33 billion
2021	–	195 million	26.8 billion
2020	51 million	270 million	23.4 billion
2019	44 million	232 million	26.9 billion
2018	375 million	279 million	27.3 billion
2017	290 million	221 million	31.2 billion
2016	287 million	255 million	31.4 billion
2015	351 million	446 million	28.7 billion
2014	642 million	83 million	27 billion
2013	398 million	143 million	27.4 billion
2012	397 million	96 million	27.9 billion
2011	569 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	163 million	59 million	25.8 billion
2009	147 million	53 million	24 billion
2008	34 million	38 million	24.1 billion
2007	213 million	83 million	26.5 billion
2006	168 million	46 million	24.4 billion
2005	63 million	44 million	21.3 billion
2004	4 million	49 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	89 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	139 million	18.3 billion
2000	3 million	121 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	72 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	64 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	2 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	99 million	22.9 billion
1994	25 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	50 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	–	–	27.8 billion
1990	–	–	28.6 billion
1989	–	–	31.7 billion
1988	–	–	32.9 billion
1987	–	–	36.2 billion
1986	–	–	35.5 billion
1985	–	–	33.2 billion
1984	–	–	36.8 billion
1983	–	–	39.1 billion
1982	–	–	41.4 billion
1981	–	–	42 billion
1980	–	–	37.4 billion
1979	–	–	33.3 billion
1978	–	–	39.2 billion
1977	–	–	37 billion
1976	–	–	33 billion
1975	–	–	34.2 billion
1974	–	–	32.9 billion
1973	–	–	32.6 billion
1972	–	–	28.7 billion
1971	–	–	29.3 billion
1970	–	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	–	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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.

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