Kazakhstan vs United Kingdom
Kazakhstan vs United Kingdom: Arms exports
Arms exports: 6 million TIV in Kazakhstan in 2006 and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 951 million TIV, or 160 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
- The world as a whole: 24.5 billion TIV in 2006.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 702 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 884 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.32 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 1.74 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 639 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 652 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 886 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 682 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.1 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 1.34 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.18 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.66 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.51 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 813 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.15 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.07 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 931 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 924 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 6 million | 957 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 990 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | 1.23 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 769 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.08 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 13 million | 1.35 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 19 million | 1.62 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 13 million | 1.32 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 7 million | 1.4 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | 2.36 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 12 million | 1.62 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 13 million | 1.46 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.53 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 1.38 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.09 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.53 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.84 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 3.5 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 2.53 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 3.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.99 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 2.14 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 2.53 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 2.54 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 2.52 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 2.36 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.57 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.54 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 2.21 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.2 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.52 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.23 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.25 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.79 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.68 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.35 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 982 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.62 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.68 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.88 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.42 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.5 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.41 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.24 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 1.07 billion | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 1.4 billion | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2.19 billion | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyKazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionKazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateKazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageKazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateKazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personKazakhstan: $12,490 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- GDP growthKazakhstan: 5% a year in 2024United Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025
- InflationKazakhstan: 8.7% a year in 2024United Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtKazakhstan: 24.4% of GDP in 2024United Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personKazakhstan: $63 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020United Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020
- National powerKazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKazakhstan: 18 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025