Kazakhstan vs Uzbekistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan and 32 million TIV in Uzbekistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 14 million TIV, or 1.78 times that in Kazakhstan.
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 18 million 2025 | 446 million | 75 of 110 |
| Uzbekistan | 32 million 2025 | 100 million | 61 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kazakhstan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 million | 32 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 460 million | 47 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 223 million | 17 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 191 million | 22 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 195 million | 14 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 270 million | 92 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 232 million | 78 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 279 million | 124 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 221 million | 5 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 255 million | 58 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 446 million | 100 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 83 million | 19 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 143 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 96 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 63 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 59 million | 30 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 | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 139 million | 8 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.
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