Kazakhstan vs Sweden
Kazakhstan vs Sweden: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.31B in Kazakhstan and $15B in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by $13.6B, or 11 times that in Kazakhstan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 75 and Sweden ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.31B | $15B |
| 2024 | $1.17B | $12.1B |
| 2023 | $1.24B | $9.07B |
| 2022 | $1.43B | $8.25B |
| 2021 | $2.11B | $7.44B |
| 2020 | $2.12B | $6.75B |
| 2019 | $4.88B | $6.49B |
| 2018 | $3.74B | $5.96B |
| 2017 | $3.47B | $5.77B |
| 2016 | $3.62B | $5.77B |
| 2015 | $4.28B | $5.7B |
| 2014 | $4.16B | $5.64B |
| 2013 | $4.17B | $5.32B |
| 2012 | $3.7B | $5.29B |
| 2011 | $3.17B | $5.18B |
| 2010 | $2.88B | $5.51B |
| 2009 | $2.62B | $5.09B |
| 2008 | $2.78B | $5.19B |
| 2007 | $2.93B | $5.84B |
| 2006 | $1.95B | $5.69B |
| 2005 | $1.66B | $5.78B |
| 2004 | $1.32B | $5.7B |
| 2003 | $1.16B | $6.06B |
| 2002 | $976M | $6.11B |
| 2001 | $891M | $6.27B |
| 2000 | $606M | $6.61B |
| 1999 | $578M | $6.47B |
| 1998 | $691M | $6.23B |
| 1997 | $696M | $6.05B |
| 1996 | $745M | $6.38B |
| 1995 | $690M | $6.3B |
| 1994 | $669M | $6.28B |
| 1993 | $1.04B | $6.3B |
| 1992 | – | $6.32B |
| 1991 | – | $6.5B |
| 1990 | – | $6.9B |
| 1989 | – | $6.77B |
| 1988 | – | $6.7B |
| 1987 | – | $6.66B |
| 1986 | – | $6.24B |
| 1985 | – | $6.14B |
| 1984 | – | $6.05B |
| 1983 | – | $5.97B |
| 1982 | – | $6.04B |
| 1981 | – | $6.19B |
| 1980 | – | $6.3B |
| 1979 | – | $6.45B |
| 1978 | – | $6.21B |
| 1977 | – | $6.04B |
| 1976 | – | $5.99B |
| 1975 | – | $6B |
| 1974 | – | $5.85B |
| 1973 | – | $5.8B |
| 1972 | – | $5.78B |
| 1971 | – | $5.61B |
| 1970 | – | $5.49B |
| 1969 | – | $5.34B |
| 1968 | – | $5.07B |
| 1967 | – | $5.07B |
| 1966 | – | $5.2B |
| 1965 | – | $5.15B |
| 1964 | – | $4.86B |
| 1963 | – | $4.62B |
| 1962 | – | $4.33B |
| 1961 | – | $4.03B |
| 1960 | – | $3.84B |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 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 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 importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025