Kazakhstan vs Romania
Kazakhstan vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports: 6 million TIV in Kazakhstan in 2006 and 132 million TIV in Romania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in Romania, by 2 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- The world as a whole: 24.5 billion TIV in 2006.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 6 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 13 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 19 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 13 million | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 7 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 12 million | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 13 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Romania
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025