Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — Kazakhstan

Armed forces as a share of the population in Kazakhstan in 2022 — 0.195%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 189. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 0.048 pp.

2022 0.195% −0.003 pp vs 2021
World rank 107of 189
Period maximum 0.448%2003
Period minimum 0.091%1993

Trend over time

1992–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — Kazakhstan, 1992–202200.20.40.6199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 0.242%1993: 0.091%1994: 0.11%1995: 0.124%1996: 0.188%1997: 0.202%1998: 0.202%1999: 0.203%2000: 0.395%2001: 0.431%2002: 0.41%2003: 0.448%2004: 0.443%2005: 0.438%2006: 0.433%2007: 0.429%2008: 0.315%2009: 0.311%2010: 0.308%2011: 0.304%2012: 0.301%2013: 0.227%2014: 0.223%2015: 0.22%2016: 0.217%2017: 0.209%2018: 0.206%2019: 0.203%2020: 0.2%2021: 0.198%2022: 0.195%
Change over the period: −0.048 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 0.195%
World computed 0.259%
Europe & Central Asia computed 0.447%
Central Asia computed 0.181%
Armed forces as a share of the population — Kazakhstan, by year Kazakhstan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.195 −0.003 pp
2021 0.198 −0.003 pp
2020 0.2 −0.003 pp
2019 0.203 −0.003 pp
2018 0.206 −0.003 pp
2017 0.209 −0.008 pp
2016 0.217 −0.003 pp
2015 0.22 −0.003 pp
2014 0.223 −0.004 pp
2013 0.227 −0.074 pp
2012 0.301 −0.003 pp
2011 0.304 −0.003 pp
2010 0.308 −0.003 pp
2009 0.311 −0.004 pp
2008 0.315 −0.114 pp
2007 0.429 −0.005 pp
2006 0.433 −0.005 pp
2005 0.438 −0.005 pp
2004 0.443 −0.005 pp
2003 0.448 +0.037 pp
2002 0.41 −0.02 pp
2001 0.431 +0.036 pp
2000 0.395 +0.192 pp
1999 0.203 +0.001 pp
1998 0.202 +0 pp
1997 0.202 +0.014 pp
1996 0.188 +0.064 pp
1995 0.124 +0.014 pp
1994 0.11 +0.019 pp
1993 0.091 −0.151 pp
1992 0.242

Central Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.