Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan: Arms imports
Arms imports: 382 million TIV in Turkmenistan in 2021 and 32 million TIV in Uzbekistan in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Turkmenistan, by 368 million TIV, or 27 times that in Uzbekistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Turkmenistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
- The world as a whole: 26.8 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 32 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 47 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 17 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 22 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 382 million | 14 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 92 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 78 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 124 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 108 million | 5 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 433 million | 58 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 169 million | 100 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 72 million | 19 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 69 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 112 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 237 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 32 million | 30 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 38 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 7 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 21 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 18 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 8 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyTurkmenistan: 70.1 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTurkmenistan: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTurkmenistan: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTurkmenistan: 94.9% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionTurkmenistan: 2.82% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateTurkmenistan: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTurkmenistan: 7.36 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTurkmenistan: 1.8% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTurkmenistan: 2.69 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTurkmenistan: 47.1% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageTurkmenistan: 26.2 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTurkmenistan: 4.3% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateTurkmenistan: 2 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTurkmenistan: 3.11% of GDP in 1999Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsTurkmenistan: $188M in 1999Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personTurkmenistan: $25 in 1999Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingTurkmenistan: 15% of government spending in 1999Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelTurkmenistan: 57,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerTurkmenistan: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTurkmenistan: 2.87% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020