Romania vs Uzbekistan
Romania vs Uzbekistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $8.81B in Romania in 2025 and $1.77B in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Romania, by $3.78B, or 3.13 times that in Uzbekistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Romania | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8.81B | – |
| 2024 | $8.32B | – |
| 2023 | $5.92B | – |
| 2022 | $6.17B | – |
| 2021 | $6.36B | – |
| 2020 | $6.5B | – |
| 2019 | $6.08B | – |
| 2018 | $5.56B | $1.77B |
| 2017 | $5B | – |
| 2016 | $3.68B | – |
| 2015 | $3.49B | – |
| 2014 | $3.02B | – |
| 2013 | $2.77B | – |
| 2012 | $2.57B | – |
| 2011 | $2.64B | – |
| 2010 | $2.56B | – |
| 2009 | $2.78B | – |
| 2008 | $3.26B | – |
| 2007 | $2.96B | – |
| 2006 | $3.09B | – |
| 2005 | $3B | – |
| 2004 | $2.83B | – |
| 2003 | $2.63B | $41.7M |
| 2002 | $2.55B | $39.4M |
| 2001 | $2.57B | $46.3M |
| 2000 | $2.45B | $53.7M |
| 1999 | $2.57B | $62.4M |
| 1998 | $2.85B | – |
| 1997 | $3.14B | $40.8M |
| 1996 | $2.8B | $35.1M |
| 1995 | $2.88B | $26.3M |
| 1994 | $2.95B | $31.4M |
| 1993 | $2.48B | – |
| 1992 | $4.1B | – |
| 1991 | $5.24B | – |
| 1990 | $5.06B | – |
| 1989 | $11.5B | – |
| 1988 | $10.8B | – |
| 1987 | $9.89B | – |
| 1986 | $12.1B | – |
| 1985 | $11.4B | – |
| 1984 | $5.04B | – |
| 1983 | $4.94B | – |
| 1982 | $4.81B | – |
| 1981 | $5.34B | – |
| 1980 | $5.29B | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
Romania vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyRomania: 75.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRomania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRomania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRomania: 82.1% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionRomania: 2.36% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateRomania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRomania: 19.1 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthRomania: -0.53% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRomania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRomania: 52.2% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageRomania: 42.6 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRomania: 19.8% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateRomania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRomania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personRomania: $513 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingRomania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelRomania: 128,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerRomania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRomania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRomania: 421 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsRomania: 132 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016