Finland vs Russia: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 115 million TIV in Finland and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.83 billion TIV, or 17 times that in Finland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Finland	Russia	World
2025	115 million	1.94 billion	33.5 billion
2024	20 million	1.99 billion	30.7 billion
2023	51 million	1.51 billion	29.5 billion
2022	42 million	2.57 billion	33.3 billion
2021	18 million	2.4 billion	27.1 billion
2020	16 million	3.66 billion	24.1 billion
2019	29 million	5.37 billion	27 billion
2018	43 million	7.15 billion	27.4 billion
2017	32 million	6.4 billion	31.3 billion
2016	61 million	6.75 billion	31.5 billion
2015	29 million	5.8 billion	28.7 billion
2014	104 million	5.4 billion	27.1 billion
2013	76 million	7.89 billion	27.4 billion
2012	105 million	8.34 billion	27.9 billion
2011	70 million	8.79 billion	29.9 billion
2010	73 million	6.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	68 million	5.13 billion	24.4 billion
2008	100 million	6 billion	24.1 billion
2007	63 million	5.6 billion	26.5 billion
2006	124 million	5.18 billion	24.5 billion
2005	41 million	5.2 billion	21.4 billion
2004	28 million	6.35 billion	21.3 billion
2003	35 million	5.27 billion	19.2 billion
2002	35 million	5.74 billion	17.7 billion
2001	29 million	5.25 billion	18.5 billion
2000	12 million	4.5 billion	20.5 billion
1999	18 million	4.41 billion	25.4 billion
1998	17 million	2.12 billion	27.9 billion
1997	1 million	3.45 billion	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	3.64 billion	23.7 billion
1995	25 million	3.83 billion	22.9 billion
1994	20 million	1.54 billion	23 billion
1993	12 million	3.49 billion	25.8 billion
1992	9 million	2.64 billion	24.3 billion
1991	18 million	–	28.2 billion
1990	–	–	30.2 billion
1989	–	–	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	–	39.4 billion
1986	–	–	39 billion
1985	–	–	38.2 billion
1984	–	–	41.6 billion
1983	–	–	43.9 billion
1982	15 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	–	–	45.8 billion
1980	–	–	42.2 billion
1979	63 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	63 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	63 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	63 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	–	–	36.3 billion
1972	30 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	40 million	–	32.9 billion
1970	37 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	39 million	–	28.1 billion
1968	39 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	39 million	–	25.6 billion
1966	67 million	–	25.8 billion
1965	3 million	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	5 million	–	17.5 billion
1961	5 million	–	16.4 billion
1960	75 million	–	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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