Kazakhstan vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 219 million TIV, or 13 times that in Kazakhstan.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 18 million 2025 | 446 million | 75 of 110 |
| Spain | 237 million 2025 | 152 million | 33 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 75 and Spain ranked 33 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 83 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 44 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 22 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 121 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 72 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 64 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 214 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.
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