Kazakhstan vs Upper middle income: Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP

Kazakhstan
0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Upper middle income
0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
30th
Upper middle income rank
29th

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 7.5 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 169 countries.

Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 0.003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0015 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Kazakhstan
2000s 0.002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0009 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Kazakhstan
2010s 0.0011 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Kazakhstan
2020s 0.0012 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp, Kazakhstan or Upper middle income?
Kazakhstan, at 0.0019 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp between Kazakhstan and Upper middle income?
0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Upper middle income?
28 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
How do Kazakhstan and Upper middle income rank globally for arms imports (sipri trend indicator values), per unit of gdp?
Kazakhstan ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 29th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
213 places, 8,924 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.