Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan: Military spending
Military spending: 2.92% of GDP in Kyrgyzstan in 2025 and 2.49% of GDP in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Kyrgyzstan, by 0.54 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Uzbekistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Kyrgyzstan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Kyrgyzstan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.92 | – |
| 2024 | 2.93 | – |
| 2023 | 3.18 | – |
| 2022 | 2.9 | – |
| 2021 | 2.84 | – |
| 2020 | 3.11 | – |
| 2019 | 2.71 | – |
| 2018 | 3.03 | 2.49 |
| 2017 | 3.11 | – |
| 2016 | 3.34 | – |
| 2015 | 3.45 | – |
| 2014 | 3.38 | – |
| 2013 | 3.2 | – |
| 2012 | 3.21 | – |
| 2011 | 3.4 | – |
| 2010 | 3.85 | – |
| 2009 | 3.18 | – |
| 2008 | 2.91 | – |
| 2007 | 3.06 | – |
| 2006 | 3.17 | – |
| 2005 | 3.08 | – |
| 2004 | 2.85 | – |
| 2003 | 2.87 | 0.43 |
| 2002 | 2.73 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 2.35 | 0.67 |
| 2000 | 2.88 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 2.69 | 1.31 |
| 1998 | 2.67 | – |
| 1997 | 3.11 | 1.12 |
| 1996 | 2.99 | 0.98 |
| 1995 | 3.46 | 0.88 |
| 1994 | 2.59 | 1.53 |
| 1993 | 1.53 | – |
| 1992 | 1.64 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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