Czechia vs Russia
Czechia vs Russia: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $6.49B in Czechia and $158B in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by $152B, or 24 times that in Czechia.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- In 2025, Czechia ranked 39 and Russia ranked 3 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Czechia | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.49B | $158B |
| 2024 | $6.51B | $149B |
| 2023 | $4.44B | $109B |
| 2022 | $4.43B | $88.7B |
| 2021 | $4.77B | $68.5B |
| 2020 | $4.34B | $67.2B |
| 2019 | $4.11B | $65.6B |
| 2018 | $3.7B | $62.8B |
| 2017 | $3.09B | $65.3B |
| 2016 | $3.1B | $80.6B |
| 2015 | $2.86B | $75.1B |
| 2014 | $2.75B | $69.7B |
| 2013 | $2.76B | $65B |
| 2012 | $2.9B | $62B |
| 2011 | $3.01B | $53.5B |
| 2010 | $3.35B | $50.2B |
| 2009 | $3.69B | $49.2B |
| 2008 | $3.58B | $46.9B |
| 2007 | $4.2B | $42.6B |
| 2006 | $4.35B | $39.2B |
| 2005 | $4.71B | $35.4B |
| 2004 | $4.31B | $31.1B |
| 2003 | $4.49B | $29.8B |
| 2002 | $4.13B | $28.4B |
| 2001 | $3.87B | $25.7B |
| 2000 | $4.03B | $23.7B |
| 1999 | $3.9B | $17.6B |
| 1998 | $3.6B | $15.8B |
| 1997 | $3.31B | $26.6B |
| 1996 | $3.5B | $24.4B |
| 1995 | $3.53B | $25.8B |
| 1994 | $3.68B | $39.2B |
| 1993 | $3.56B | $41.5B |
| 1992 | – | $47.5B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Czechia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025