Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan
Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan in 2025 and 54 million TIV in Kyrgyzstan in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kazakhstan, by 169 million TIV, or 4.13 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kazakhstan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2004.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 54 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 14 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 5 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 15 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 12 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 8 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 83 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 44 million | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 6 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 10 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 22 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 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 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 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
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
Kazakhstan vs Kyrgyzstan
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 71.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Kyrgyzstan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Kyrgyzstan: 76.5% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Kyrgyzstan: 3.05% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Kyrgyzstan: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 7.07 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 1.61% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 2.8 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 34.8% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 25.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Kyrgyzstan: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 2.92% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Kyrgyzstan: $558M in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Kyrgyzstan: $83 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Kyrgyzstan: 7.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Kyrgyzstan: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Kyrgyzstan: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Kyrgyzstan: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Kyrgyzstan: 34 million TIV in 2025