Tajikistan vs Ukraine
Tajikistan vs Ukraine: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.47% of GDP in Tajikistan and 39.56% of GDP in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 38.09 percentage points, or 27 times that in Tajikistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2025, Tajikistan ranked 85 and Ukraine ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Tajikistan | Ukraine |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.47 | 39.56 |
| 2024 | 1.33 | 33.96 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 36.03 |
| 2022 | 1.93 | 25.64 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3.43 |
| 2020 | 0.95 | 4.4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 4.07 |
| 2018 | 1.05 | 3.64 |
| 2017 | 1.04 | 3.24 |
| 2016 | 1.21 | 3.67 |
| 2015 | 1.28 | 3.85 |
| 2014 | 1.13 | 2.97 |
| 2013 | – | 2.39 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2.35 |
| 2011 | 1.09 | 2.26 |
| 2010 | 0.95 | 2.74 |
| 2009 | 0.95 | 2.84 |
| 2008 | 1.02 | 2.67 |
| 2007 | – | 2.87 |
| 2006 | – | 2.77 |
| 2005 | – | 2.79 |
| 2004 | 1.13 | 2.51 |
| 2003 | 1.12 | 2.75 |
| 2002 | 1.05 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 0.58 | 2.77 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 3.51 |
| 1999 | 1.39 | 2.88 |
| 1998 | 1.71 | 3.24 |
| 1997 | 1.7 | 3.99 |
| 1996 | 1.29 | 3.18 |
| 1995 | 1.1 | 2.74 |
| 1994 | 0 | 2.42 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
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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
Tajikistan vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyTajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTajikistan: 55.3% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionTajikistan: 2.56% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateTajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTajikistan: 26.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageTajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTajikistan: 3.7% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateTajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsTajikistan: $220M in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personTajikistan: $23 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerTajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025