France vs Kazakhstan
France vs Kazakhstan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 218 million TIV, or 13 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, France ranked 34 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 | France | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 236 million | 18 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 183 million | 460 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 114 million | 223 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 130 million | 191 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 105 million | 195 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 225 million | 270 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 104 million | 232 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 201 million | 279 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 84 million | 221 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 38 million | 255 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 36 million | 446 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 83 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 104 million | 143 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 86 million | 96 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 41 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 103 million | 59 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 72 million | 53 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 2 million | 38 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 75 million | 83 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | 46 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 2 million | 44 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 93 million | 49 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 55 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 38 million | 22 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 61 million | 139 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 98 million | 121 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 105 million | 72 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 223 million | 64 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 64 million | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 99 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 84 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 102 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 439 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 963 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 77 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 107 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 134 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 84 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 100 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 20 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 73 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 108 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 142 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 106 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 70 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 107 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 231 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 194 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 186 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 45 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 46 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 51 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 33 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 57 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 44 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 64 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 123 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 98 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 106 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 378 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.3 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 162 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 122 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 321 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 526 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
France vs Kazakhstan
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Kazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Kazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Kazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Kazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Kazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Kazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Kazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Kazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Kazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Kazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Kazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Kazakhstan: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Kazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Kazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Kazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Kazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Kazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006