Kazakhstan Leads Central Asia in 2025 Military Strength Ranking

In the global military strength ranking, compiled by the military-analytical portal Global Firepower, Kazakhstan has the highest indicator among the Central Asian states, army of which with a budget of over $2 billion is in 57^th place, The Caspian Post reports.

The Armed Forces of Uzbekistan, funding of which GFP estimated at $2.8 billion, take 58^th place. Despite the higher budget, the number of the Uzbek army is 48,000 people against 110,000 servicemen of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Turkmenistan takes 77^th place, army of which with a budget of just over $1 billion has 36,500 servicemen. Kyrgyzstan with a defense budget of $221.8 million, takes 105^th place in the global military strength ranking. The country’s army has 23,000 military personnel, 300,000 reservists and 55,000 people in paramilitary formations. Tajikistan with a defense budget of $446 million took 108^th place in the ranking. Its army has 9,500 servicemen and 600,000 reservists.

The leaders of the world rankings are the United States, Russia and China. The top ten also includes India, South Korea, Great Britain, France, Japan, Turkey and Italy.