Italy vs Kazakhstan
Italy vs Kazakhstan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 548 million TIV, or 31 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, Italy ranked 18 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 | Italy | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 18 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 460 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 223 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 191 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 195 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 270 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 232 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 279 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 221 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 255 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 446 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 83 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 143 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 96 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 59 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 53 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 38 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 83 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 46 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 44 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 49 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 22 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 139 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | 121 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | 72 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | 64 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 99 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 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
Italy vs Kazakhstan
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Kazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Kazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Kazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Kazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Kazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Kazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Kazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Kazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Kazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Kazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Kazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Kazakhstan: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Kazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Kazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Kazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Kazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Kazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006