Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 6.5% in Kyrgyzstan and 8.8% in Uzbekistan, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 2.2 percentage points, or 1.34 times that in Kyrgyzstan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2024, Kyrgyzstan ranked 176 and Uzbekistan ranked 170 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Kyrgyzstan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.5 | 8.8 | – |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 6.5 | 8 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 6.2 | 7 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 6 | 6.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 6 | 6.4 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 6 | 6.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 6 | 6.2 | 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
Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyKyrgyzstan: 71.7 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKyrgyzstan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKyrgyzstan: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterKyrgyzstan: 76.5% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionKyrgyzstan: 3.05% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateKyrgyzstan: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKyrgyzstan: 7.07 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthKyrgyzstan: 1.61% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKyrgyzstan: 2.8 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKyrgyzstan: 34.8% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageKyrgyzstan: 25.1 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKyrgyzstan: 5.4% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateKyrgyzstan: 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKyrgyzstan: 2.92% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsKyrgyzstan: $558M in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personKyrgyzstan: $83 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingKyrgyzstan: 7.9% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelKyrgyzstan: 21,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerKyrgyzstan: 0.04% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKyrgyzstan: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKyrgyzstan: 54 million TIV in 2023Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKyrgyzstan: 34 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016