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Ukraine vs Uzbekistan
How Ukraine and Uzbekistan compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ukraine was higher: 73.4 years against 72.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Uzbekistan was higher: $4,733 against $2,197
- Population · In 2023, Ukraine was higher: 37.7 million people against 35.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Ukraine was higher: 3.64% of GDP against 2.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Uzbekistan was higher: 4.09 tonnes against 3.13 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyUkraine: 73.4 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUkraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUkraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterUkraine: 87.6% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionUkraine: 4.07% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateUkraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUkraine: 37.7 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthUkraine: -1.55% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUkraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUkraine: 69.6% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageUkraine: 42 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUkraine: 18.6% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateUkraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUkraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsUkraine: $77.6B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personUkraine: $2,197 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingUkraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelUkraine: 298,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerUkraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUkraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUkraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUkraine: 120 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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