Kazakhstan

Arms imports in Kazakhstan

Arms imports in Kazakhstan: 99 million TIV in 1995 and 18 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
18 million TIV
Since 1995
−81 million TIV
Rank, 2025
75 of 110
counting from the highest
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in KazakhstanArms imports in Kazakhstan: 99 million TIV in 1995 and 18 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 460 million TIV in 2024, the lowest 2 million TIV in 1996.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 460 million TIV in 2024, the lowest 2 million TIV in 1996.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearKazakhstanWorld
202518 million33.3 billion
2024460 million30.6 billion
2023223 million29.5 billion
2022191 million33 billion
2021195 million26.8 billion
2020270 million23.4 billion
2019232 million26.9 billion
2018279 million27.3 billion
2017221 million31.2 billion
2016255 million31.4 billion
2015446 million28.7 billion
201483 million27 billion
2013143 million27.4 billion
201296 million27.9 billion
201163 million29.9 billion
201059 million25.8 billion
200953 million24 billion
200838 million24.1 billion
200783 million26.5 billion
200646 million24.4 billion
200544 million21.3 billion
200449 million21.3 billion
2003–19.2 billion
200222 million17.7 billion
2001139 million18.3 billion
2000121 million20.5 billion
199972 million25.3 billion
1998–27.9 billion
199764 million28.9 billion
19962 million23.7 billion
199599 million22.9 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

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.

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