Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan
Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 4.7% of government spending in Tajikistan in 2025 and 11.1% of government spending in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 7.7 percentage points, or 3.26 times that in Tajikistan.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Tajikistan.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 | – |
| 2024 | 4.7 | – |
| 2023 | 8.3 | – |
| 2022 | 6.9 | – |
| 2021 | 3.6 | – |
| 2020 | 3.3 | – |
| 2019 | 3.5 | – |
| 2018 | 3.4 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | 3.1 | – |
| 2016 | 3.7 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | – |
| 2014 | 4.1 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | – |
| 2011 | 4.5 | – |
| 2010 | 3.7 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | – |
| 2008 | 5.1 | – |
| 2004 | 10.8 | – |
| 2003 | 11.7 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 6.8 | 2.2 |
| 2000 | 6.6 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 10 | – |
| 1997 | – | 3.5 |
| 1996 | – | 2.8 |
| 1995 | – | 3 |
| 1994 | – | 4.5 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyTajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTajikistan: 55.3% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionTajikistan: 2.56% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateTajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTajikistan: 26.2% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageTajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTajikistan: 3.7% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsTajikistan: $220M in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personTajikistan: $23 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelTajikistan: 17,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerTajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025