Military Strength: Kyrgyzstan vs Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan (ranked #68 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Kyrgyzstan (#99) on the ARMS Index. Uzbekistan fields 68,000 active troops — 3.2:1 Kyrgyzstan's 21,000, backed by 20,000 paramilitary. Uzbekistan's $1.4B defense budget is 2.7:1 that of Kyrgyzstan ($0.5B).

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KyrgyzstanWorld #99 20.9

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Uzbekistan leads on 4 of 6 pillars

UzbekistanWorld #68 31.6

48.721K active troops Manpower15 % 60.468K active troops
53.2215 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 60.6340 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
10.90 combat aircraft Air power25 % 47.076 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
28.5$524M budget Defense budget10 % 36.2$1.4B budget

Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.02 vs ×0.98 · Methodology

Key figures

	Kyrgyzstan	Uzbekistan	Ratio
Defense budget	$524M	$1.4B	🇺🇿 2.7×
– share of GDP	3.0%	2.9%	🇰🇬 ≈
Active personnel	21,000	68,000	🇺🇿 3.2×
Combat aircraft	0	76	🇺🇿
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	215	340	🇺🇿 1.6×
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	9,500	20,000	🇺🇿 2.1×
Military aircraft (all types)	9	196	🇺🇿 22×
– helicopters	7	101	🇺🇿 14×
Budget share of govt spending	—	11.1%	🇺🇿
Budget per capita	$73	$45	🇰🇬 1.6×
Population	7.2M	36.4M	🇺🇿 5.0×
GDP	$17B	$115B	🇺🇿 6.6×
GDP per capita	$2,420	$3,162	🇺🇿 1.3×
Land area	191,801 km²	425,400 km²	🇺🇿 2.2×
Coastline	0 km	0 km	—