Estonia vs Russia

Estonia vs Russia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.37% of GDP in Estonia and 7.5% of GDP in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 4.13 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Estonia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Estonia vs Russia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.37% of GDP in Estonia and 7.5% of GDP in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 4.13 percentage points, or 2.22 times that in Estonia.
EstoniaRussiaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
  • In 2025, Estonia ranked 16 and Russia ranked 4 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearEstoniaRussia
20253.377.5
20243.36.87
20232.985.27
20222.144.56
20212.013.6
20202.264.15
201923.85
20181.973.72
20171.974.25
20162.035.43
20151.994.87
20141.94.11
20131.883.85
20121.883.69
20111.673.43
20101.73.59
20091.83.92
20081.773.15
20071.663.12
20061.393.25
20051.453.33
20041.693.3
20031.743.67
20021.663.76
20011.53.55
20001.383.31
19991.283.07
19981.062.73
19971.034.04
19960.873.76
19950.933.78
19941.044.52
19930.764.18
1992–4.43
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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