Kazakhstan vs Poland
Kazakhstan vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.15 billion TIV, or 120 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 75 and Poland ranked 4 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 | Kazakhstan | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 83 million | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 44 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 22 million | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 121 million | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 72 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 64 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 889 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
Kazakhstan vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025