United Kingdom vs Uzbekistan
United Kingdom vs Uzbekistan: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars: $88B in United Kingdom in 2025 and $1.77B in Uzbekistan in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by $65.3B, or 38 times that in Uzbekistan.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | United Kingdom | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $88B | – |
| 2024 | $89.8B | – |
| 2023 | $78.2B | – |
| 2022 | $73.2B | – |
| 2021 | $72.1B | – |
| 2020 | $71B | – |
| 2019 | $69.9B | – |
| 2018 | $67.1B | $1.77B |
| 2017 | $66.6B | – |
| 2016 | $66.4B | – |
| 2015 | $66.7B | – |
| 2014 | $69.3B | – |
| 2013 | $70.6B | – |
| 2012 | $73.3B | – |
| 2011 | $75.4B | – |
| 2010 | $78B | – |
| 2009 | $79.3B | – |
| 2008 | $78.1B | – |
| 2007 | $74.8B | – |
| 2006 | $72.8B | – |
| 2005 | $72.5B | – |
| 2004 | $71.8B | – |
| 2003 | $71B | $41.7M |
| 2002 | $66.2B | $39.4M |
| 2001 | $62.5B | $46.3M |
| 2000 | $60.1B | $53.7M |
| 1999 | $59B | $62.4M |
| 1998 | $59.3B | – |
| 1997 | $59.1B | $40.8M |
| 1996 | $61.3B | $35.1M |
| 1995 | $61.8B | $26.3M |
| 1994 | $65.9B | $31.4M |
| 1993 | $67.8B | – |
| 1992 | $71B | – |
| 1991 | $76.1B | – |
| 1990 | $75.2B | – |
| 1989 | $75.1B | – |
| 1988 | $74.4B | – |
| 1987 | $77.2B | – |
| 1986 | $78B | – |
| 1985 | $79B | – |
| 1984 | $78.3B | – |
| 1983 | $74.6B | – |
| 1982 | $71.4B | – |
| 1981 | $65.5B | – |
| 1980 | $66.8B | – |
| 1979 | $62.7B | – |
| 1978 | $60.8B | – |
| 1977 | $58.9B | – |
| 1976 | $61.6B | – |
| 1975 | $62.5B | – |
| 1974 | $59.5B | – |
| 1973 | $59.5B | – |
| 1972 | $59.3B | – |
| 1971 | $55.7B | – |
| 1970 | $55.9B | – |
| 1969 | $54.2B | – |
| 1968 | $57.4B | – |
| 1967 | $58.2B | – |
| 1966 | $56.8B | – |
| 1965 | $57.1B | – |
| 1964 | $56.9B | – |
| 1963 | $55.4B | – |
| 1962 | $54.5B | – |
| 1961 | $53.8B | – |
| 1960 | $53.8B | – |
| 1959 | $52.7B | – |
| 1958 | $53B | – |
| 1957 | $54.4B | – |
| 1956 | $56.4B | – |
| 1955 | $57.4B | – |
| 1954 | $60.3B | – |
| 1953 | $63.5B | – |
| 1952 | $57.2B | – |
| 1951 | $44.7B | – |
| 1950 | $38B | – |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
United Kingdom vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyUnited Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterUnited Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionUnited Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageUnited Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personUnited Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025Uzbekistan: $4,733 in 2025
- GDP growthUnited Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025Uzbekistan: 7.7% a year in 2025
- InflationUnited Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025Uzbekistan: 8.8% a year in 2025
- Government debtUnited Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 28.6% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personUnited Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingUnited Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelUnited Kingdom: 153,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerUnited Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsUnited Kingdom: 702 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 68 million TIV in 2016