Kazakhstan vs Romania

Kazakhstan vs Romania: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.43% of GDP in Kazakhstan and 2.28% of GDP in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 1.85 percentage points, or 5.3 times that in Kazakhstan.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Kazakhstan vs Romania: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.43% of GDP in Kazakhstan and 2.28% of GDP in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 1.85 percentage points, or 5.3 times that in Kazakhstan.
KazakhstanRomaniaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
  • In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 143 and Romania ranked 45 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearKazakhstanRomania
20250.432.28
20240.42.17
20230.441.62
20220.521.76
20210.821.86
20200.912.02
20191.021.84
20180.841.8
20170.831.73
20160.931.43
20151.111.45
20141.041.35
20131.081.29
20121.051.17
20110.941.24
20101.011.23
20091.11.28
20081.161.4
20071.31.49
20060.981.85
20051.042.01
20040.992.01
20031.032.09
200212.29
200112.42
20000.782.5
19990.822.64
19981.153
19971.113.02
19961.22.37
19951.032.61
19940.843.12
19931.062.74
1992–4.25
1991–4.77
1990–4.55
1989–4.8
1988–4.21
1987–3.91
1986–4.45
1985–4.3
1984–1.91
1983–1.99
1982–2.04
1981–2.2
1980–2.21
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • 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.

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