Estonia vs Russia
Estonia vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 204 million TIV in Estonia and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Estonia, by 75 million TIV, or 1.58 times that in Russia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Estonia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Russia.
- In 2025, Estonia ranked 37 and Russia ranked 42 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Estonia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 115 million | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 23 million | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 15 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 20 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 25 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 19 million | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 36 million | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 32 million | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 18 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 2 million | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 2 million | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 13 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 42 million | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 28 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 18 million | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 11 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 14 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 2 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 27 million | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1 million | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 13 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 17 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 15 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 3 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2 million | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Estonia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyEstonia: 79.2 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEstonia: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEstonia: 1.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEstonia: 97% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionEstonia: 3.85% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateEstonia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEstonia: 1.37 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthEstonia: 0% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEstonia: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEstonia: 70.7% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageEstonia: 41.9 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEstonia: 20.9% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateEstonia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEstonia: 3.37% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEstonia: $1.44B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personEstonia: $1,164 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEstonia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEstonia: 7,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerEstonia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEstonia: 1% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsEstonia: 2 million TIV in 2024Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025