Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 54 million TIV in Kyrgyzstan in 2023 and 75 million TIV in Tajikistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Kyrgyzstan, by 54 million TIV.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kyrgyzstan has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Tajikistan.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 75 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 0 | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 54 million | 0 | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 14 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 5 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 15 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 12 million | 19 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 8 million | 7 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 4 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 4 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 34 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 7 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2 million | 13 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 6 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 10 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 29 million | 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
Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan
Health
- Life expectancyKyrgyzstan: 71.7 years in 2023Tajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKyrgyzstan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Tajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKyrgyzstan: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKyrgyzstan: 76.5% in 2022Tajikistan: 55.3% in 2022
- DepressionKyrgyzstan: 3.05% in 2017Tajikistan: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateKyrgyzstan: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017Tajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKyrgyzstan: 7.07 million people in 2023Tajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthKyrgyzstan: 1.61% a year in 2023Tajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKyrgyzstan: 2.8 births per woman in 2023Tajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKyrgyzstan: 34.8% in 2025Tajikistan: 26.2% in 2025
- Median ageKyrgyzstan: 25.1 years in 2023Tajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKyrgyzstan: 5.4% in 2023Tajikistan: 3.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateKyrgyzstan: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Tajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKyrgyzstan: 2.92% of GDP in 2025Tajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKyrgyzstan: $558M in 2025Tajikistan: $220M in 2025
- Military spending per personKyrgyzstan: $83 in 2025Tajikistan: $23 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKyrgyzstan: 7.9% of government spending in 2025Tajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKyrgyzstan: 21,000 people in 2020Tajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020
- National powerKyrgyzstan: 0.04% of world capability in 2022Tajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKyrgyzstan: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020Tajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020