Tajikistan
Military share of state spending in Tajikistan
Military share of state spending in Tajikistan: 10% of government spending in 1998 and 4.7% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.7% of government spending
- Since 1998
- −5.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 82 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 11.7% of government spending in 2003, the lowest 3.1% of government spending in 2017.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Tajikistan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 8.3 |
| 2022 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 3.4 |
| 2017 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4.1 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 10.8 |
| 2003 | 11.7 |
| 2002 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 6.8 |
| 2000 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 10 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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
Tajikistan in numbers
Every measure for Tajikistan on one page
Health
People
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending1.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$220M in 2025
- Military spending per person$23 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel17,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.75% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports75 million TIV in 2025