Kazakhstan vs Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan vs Turkmenistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $1.31B in Kazakhstan in 2025 and $188M in Turkmenistan in 1999, by SIPRI estimates. In 1999 the value was higher in Kazakhstan, by $390M, or 3.07 times that in Turkmenistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kazakhstan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Turkmenistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.31B | – |
| 2024 | $1.17B | – |
| 2023 | $1.24B | – |
| 2022 | $1.43B | – |
| 2021 | $2.11B | – |
| 2020 | $2.12B | – |
| 2019 | $4.88B | – |
| 2018 | $3.74B | – |
| 2017 | $3.47B | – |
| 2016 | $3.62B | – |
| 2015 | $4.28B | – |
| 2014 | $4.16B | – |
| 2013 | $4.17B | – |
| 2012 | $3.7B | – |
| 2011 | $3.17B | – |
| 2010 | $2.88B | – |
| 2009 | $2.62B | – |
| 2008 | $2.78B | – |
| 2007 | $2.93B | – |
| 2006 | $1.95B | – |
| 2005 | $1.66B | – |
| 2004 | $1.32B | – |
| 2003 | $1.16B | – |
| 2002 | $976M | – |
| 2001 | $891M | – |
| 2000 | $606M | – |
| 1999 | $578M | $188M |
| 1998 | $691M | $174M |
| 1997 | $696M | $205M |
| 1996 | $745M | $136M |
| 1995 | $690M | $141M |
| 1994 | $669M | $158M |
| 1993 | $1.04B | – |
- 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 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 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
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Turkmenistan: 382 million TIV in 2021