Kazakhstan vs Russia
Kazakhstan vs Russia: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 2.1% of government spending in Kazakhstan and 19.8% of government spending in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 17.7 percentage points, or 9.35 times that in Kazakhstan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2002.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 137 and Russia ranked 7 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 | 19.8 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 14.8 |
| 2022 | 2.4 | 13 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 3.7 | 10.6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 11.4 |
| 2017 | 3.5 | 12.2 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 14.8 |
| 2015 | 4.9 | 13.8 |
| 2014 | 4.9 | 11.8 |
| 2013 | 5.4 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 4.8 | 10.8 |
| 2011 | 4.4 | 10.3 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 4.7 | 10.2 |
| 2008 | 4.3 | 9.9 |
| 2007 | 5.5 | 9.8 |
| 2006 | 4.9 | 11.2 |
| 2005 | 4.7 | 11.3 |
| 2004 | 4.6 | 11.2 |
| 2003 | 4.8 | 11.3 |
| 2002 | 4.9 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | – | 11.3 |
| 2000 | – | 10.8 |
| 1999 | – | 9 |
| 1998 | – | 6.9 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Kazakhstan vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025