France vs Kazakhstan
France vs Kazakhstan: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,021 in France and $63 in Kazakhstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by $958, or 16 times that in Kazakhstan.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
- In 2025, France ranked 22 and Kazakhstan ranked 91 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | France | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,021 | $63 |
| 2024 | $956 | $57 |
| 2023 | $897 | $58 |
| 2022 | $827 | $59 |
| 2021 | $890 | $82 |
| 2020 | $813 | $80 |
| 2019 | $769 | $97 |
| 2018 | $785 | $80 |
| 2017 | $736 | $75 |
| 2016 | $704 | $70 |
| 2015 | $704 | $114 |
| 2014 | $824 | $130 |
| 2013 | $810 | $146 |
| 2012 | $786 | $127 |
| 2011 | $852 | $106 |
| 2010 | $824 | $90 |
| 2009 | $900 | $77 |
| 2008 | $888 | $94 |
| 2007 | $815 | $84 |
| 2006 | $741 | $49 |
| 2005 | $724 | $37 |
| 2004 | $732 | $27 |
| 2003 | $639 | $20 |
| 2002 | $511 | $16 |
| 2001 | $469 | $14 |
| 2000 | $480 | $9 |
| 1999 | $555 | $9 |
| 1998 | $573 | $15 |
| 1997 | $593 | $15 |
| 1996 | $669 | $15 |
| 1995 | $691 | $11 |
| 1994 | $644 | $6 |
| 1993 | $620 | – |
| 1992 | $660 | – |
| 1991 | $628 | – |
| 1990 | $629 | – |
| 1989 | $525 | – |
| 1988 | $540 | – |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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 importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Kazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Kazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006