Kazakhstan vs Ukraine
Kazakhstan vs Ukraine: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 1.3% in Kazakhstan and 17.4% in Ukraine, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 16.1 percentage points, or 13 times that in Kazakhstan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2024, Kazakhstan ranked 192 and Ukraine ranked 138 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Kazakhstan | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 17.4 | – |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 17.3 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 1.3 | 17.1 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 17 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 17 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 16.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 1.2 | 16.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 16.7 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 1.2 | 16.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 1.2 | 16.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 1.2 | 16.6 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | 16.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 1.2 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 1.2 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 1.2 | 16.5 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 1.2 | 16.4 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 1.2 | 16.3 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 1.2 | 16.2 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 1.2 | 16.2 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 33 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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 importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025