Kazakhstan vs Sweden
Kazakhstan vs Sweden: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 128 million TIV, or 8.11 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | 146 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | 56 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 98 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 318 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 110 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | 3 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 7 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 7 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 32 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 70 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 24 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 48 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | 58 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | 202 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | 185 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | 15 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | 52 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 83 million | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | 121 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 44 million | 78 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 66 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 22 million | 74 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | 165 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 121 million | 196 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 72 million | 224 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 294 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 64 million | 196 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | 98 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 106 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 307 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 46 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 60 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 55 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 94 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 127 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 152 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 125 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 118 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 84 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 108 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 106 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 153 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 495 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 291 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 233 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 229 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 114 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 214 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 292 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 256 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 231 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 196 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 160 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 137 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 172 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 189 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 318 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 299 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 324 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 400 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 335 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 177 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 165 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 227 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.
- 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 Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025