Astana, Kazakhstan\u00a0\u2014 In a notable development,\u00a0Kazakhstan\u2019s defense expenditures\u00a0surged by\u00a06.8%, reaching\u00a0715.7 billion tenge\u00a0(equivalent to\u00a0$1.5 billion) during the period from January to August this year. This substantial allocation represents a\u00a057.6% execution level\u00a0of the\u00a0adjusted 2023 sector budget, as media reported.<\/p>\n
The Kazakh government had originally planned to allocate over 1.2 trillion tenge\u00a0(approximately\u00a0$2.5 billion) from the state budget for defense in 2023\u2014an\u00a011.6% increase\u00a0compared to the previous year. Despite this boost, Kazakhstan\u2019s military expenditures remain significantly lower than those of other Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n
According to the\u00a0Stockholm International Peace Research Institute<\/em>, Kazakhstan\u2019s military spending accounts for only\u00a00.5% of GDP, in stark contrast to neighboring nations. For instance, the Kyrgyz Republic allocates\u00a01.5% of its GDP\u00a0to defense, while Tajikistan\u2019s figure stands at\u00a01%. Unfortunately, data for Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are not available.<\/p>\n On a global scale, the three countries with the largest military expenditures collectively represent\u00a056% of global military spending. The United States, as the world\u2019s largest spender, allocates\u00a03.5% of its GDP\u00a0to defense. China\u2019s military spending is at\u00a01.6% of its GDP, and Russia\u2019s stands at a robust\u00a04.1%.<\/p>\n Last year witnessed significant shifts in military spending: Israel allocated\u00a04.5% of its GDP, while Ukraine experienced a dramatic surge from\u00a03.2% in 2021 to 33.5% in 2022, reflecting the intensity of regional conflicts.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, within Kazakhstan itself, capital investments in public administration, defense, and mandatory social security have seen substantial growth\u2014totaling\u00a098.8 billion tenge\u00a0(approximately\u00a0$210.2 million) from January to September this year\u2014an increase both in monetary terms and real terms compared to the same period in 2022.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Astana, Kazakhstan\u00a0\u2014 In a notable development,\u00a0Kazakhstan\u2019s defense expenditures\u00a0surged by\u00a06.8%, reaching\u00a0715.7 billion tenge\u00a0(equivalent to\u00a0$1.5 billion) during the period from January to August this year. This substantial allocation represents a\u00a057.6% execution level\u00a0of the\u00a0adjusted 2023 sector budget, as media reported. The Kazakh government had originally planned to allocate over 1.2 trillion tenge\u00a0(approximately\u00a0$2.5 billion) from the state budget for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,2413],"tags":[7610,7611,7612,7613,933,7511,7609],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Defence.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10296,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10294\/revisions\/10296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}