Kazakhstan vs Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan vs Turkmenistan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan in 2025 and 382 million TIV in Turkmenistan in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Turkmenistan, by 187 million TIV, or 1.96 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Turkmenistan has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Turkmenistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 382 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 108 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 433 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 169 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 72 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | 69 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | 112 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | 237 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | 38 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | 7 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 83 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 46 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 44 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 21 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 18 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 22 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 121 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 72 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 64 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 2 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 Turkmenistan
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Turkmenistan: 70.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Turkmenistan: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Turkmenistan: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Turkmenistan: 94.9% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Turkmenistan: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Turkmenistan: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Turkmenistan: 7.36 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Turkmenistan: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Turkmenistan: 2.69 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Turkmenistan: 47.1% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Turkmenistan: 26.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Turkmenistan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Turkmenistan: 2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Turkmenistan: 3.11% of GDP in 1999
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Turkmenistan: $188M in 1999
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Turkmenistan: $25 in 1999
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Turkmenistan: 15% of government spending in 1999
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Turkmenistan: 57,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Turkmenistan: 0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Turkmenistan: 2.87% of the labour force in 2020