Kazakhstan vs Russia
Kazakhstan vs Russia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 0.43% of GDP in Kazakhstan and 7.5% of GDP in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 7.07 percentage points, or 17 times that in Kazakhstan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 143 and Russia ranked 4 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.43 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 6.87 |
| 2023 | 0.44 | 5.27 |
| 2022 | 0.52 | 4.56 |
| 2021 | 0.82 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 0.91 | 4.15 |
| 2019 | 1.02 | 3.85 |
| 2018 | 0.84 | 3.72 |
| 2017 | 0.83 | 4.25 |
| 2016 | 0.93 | 5.43 |
| 2015 | 1.11 | 4.87 |
| 2014 | 1.04 | 4.11 |
| 2013 | 1.08 | 3.85 |
| 2012 | 1.05 | 3.69 |
| 2011 | 0.94 | 3.43 |
| 2010 | 1.01 | 3.59 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | 1.16 | 3.15 |
| 2007 | 1.3 | 3.12 |
| 2006 | 0.98 | 3.25 |
| 2005 | 1.04 | 3.33 |
| 2004 | 0.99 | 3.3 |
| 2003 | 1.03 | 3.67 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3.76 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3.55 |
| 2000 | 0.78 | 3.31 |
| 1999 | 0.82 | 3.07 |
| 1998 | 1.15 | 2.73 |
| 1997 | 1.11 | 4.04 |
| 1996 | 1.2 | 3.76 |
| 1995 | 1.03 | 3.78 |
| 1994 | 0.84 | 4.52 |
| 1993 | 1.06 | 4.18 |
| 1992 | – | 4.43 |
- 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.
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 spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending 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