Türkiye vs Uzbekistan
Türkiye vs Uzbekistan: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending: 5.9% of government spending in Türkiye in 2025 and 11.1% of government spending in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 3.7 percentage points, or 1.5 times that in Türkiye.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Türkiye.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Türkiye | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 | – |
| 2024 | 5.6 | – |
| 2023 | 5.2 | – |
| 2022 | 6.1 | – |
| 2021 | 5.9 | – |
| 2020 | 6.3 | – |
| 2019 | 7.6 | – |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | 6.3 | – |
| 2016 | 6.1 | – |
| 2015 | 5.6 | – |
| 2014 | 5.7 | – |
| 2013 | 5.7 | – |
| 2012 | 5.9 | – |
| 2011 | 6.2 | – |
| 2010 | 6.4 | – |
| 2009 | 6.6 | – |
| 2008 | 6.5 | – |
| 2007 | 6.7 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | – |
| 2005 | 7.4 | – |
| 2004 | 7.7 | – |
| 2003 | 8.5 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 8.1 | 2.2 |
| 2000 | 9.2 | 2.8 |
| 1999 | – | 3.9 |
| 1997 | – | 3.5 |
| 1996 | – | 2.8 |
| 1995 | – | 3 |
| 1994 | – | 4.5 |
- 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
Türkiye vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyTürkiye: 77.2 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTürkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTürkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTürkiye: 3.72% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateTürkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTürkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTürkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTürkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTürkiye: 89.5% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageTürkiye: 32.5 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTürkiye: 10% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTürkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTürkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsTürkiye: $26.8B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personTürkiye: $342 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelTürkiye: 512,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerTürkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTürkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTürkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsTürkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016