Military expenditure as a share of GDP rose 145% to 3.62% in Kyrgyzstan in 2023, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, military expenditure as a share of GDP in Kyrgyzstan reached an all time high of 3.62% in 2023 and an all time low of 0.825% in 1993.
Kyrgyzstan has been ranked 20th within the group of 147 countries we follow in terms of military expenditure as a share of GDP, 43 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Military Expenditure (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | 0.945% | 1.01% | 1.17% | 1.36% | 1.83% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| China | % | 1.71% | 1.67% | 1.68% | 1.76% | 1.61% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 2.53% | 2.42% | 2.55% | 2.81% | 2.47% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 0.913% | 0.962% | 0.992% | 1.02% | 1.02% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 0.832% | 0.836% | 1.02% | 0.907% | 0.819% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 1.58% | 1.54% | 1.45% | 1.68% | 1.56% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 4.25% | 3.72% | 3.86% | 4.17% | 3.72% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.04% | 1.05% | 1.02% | 0.983% | 0.930% | ||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | % | 3.32% | 3.32% | 3.43% | 3.70% | 3.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.56% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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