Kazakhstan vs Ukraine
Kazakhstan vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 2.25 billion TIV, or 130 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked 75 and Ukraine ranked 3 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 | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 53 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 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 | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025