Ukraine vs Uzbekistan
Ukraine vs Uzbekistan: Military spending
Military spending: 39.56% of GDP in Ukraine in 2025 and 2.49% of GDP in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.14 percentage points, or 1.46 times that in Uzbekistan.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.56 | – |
| 2024 | 33.96 | – |
| 2023 | 36.03 | – |
| 2022 | 25.64 | – |
| 2021 | 3.43 | – |
| 2020 | 4.4 | – |
| 2019 | 4.07 | – |
| 2018 | 3.64 | 2.49 |
| 2017 | 3.24 | – |
| 2016 | 3.67 | – |
| 2015 | 3.85 | – |
| 2014 | 2.97 | – |
| 2013 | 2.39 | – |
| 2012 | 2.35 | – |
| 2011 | 2.26 | – |
| 2010 | 2.74 | – |
| 2009 | 2.84 | – |
| 2008 | 2.67 | – |
| 2007 | 2.87 | – |
| 2006 | 2.77 | – |
| 2005 | 2.79 | – |
| 2004 | 2.51 | – |
| 2003 | 2.75 | 0.43 |
| 2002 | 2.68 | 0.48 |
| 2001 | 2.77 | 0.67 |
| 2000 | 3.51 | 0.92 |
| 1999 | 2.88 | 1.31 |
| 1998 | 3.24 | – |
| 1997 | 3.99 | 1.12 |
| 1996 | 3.18 | 0.98 |
| 1995 | 2.74 | 0.88 |
| 1994 | 2.42 | 1.53 |
| 1993 | 0.43 | – |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
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
Ukraine vs Uzbekistan
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 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