Finland vs Russia
Finland vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 51 million TIV in Finland and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 78 million TIV, or 2.53 times that in Finland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Finland.
- In 2025, Finland ranked 57 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 | Finland | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 105 million | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 37 million | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 12 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 20 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 96 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 86 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 82 million | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 47 million | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 122 million | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 268 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 182 million | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 254 million | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 87 million | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 60 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 41 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 37 million | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 134 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 149 million | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 132 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 93 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 67 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 242 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 15 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 7 million | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 472 million | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 768 million | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 560 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 397 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 552 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 195 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 234 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 406 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 442 million | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 65 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 88 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 86 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 141 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 66 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 98 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 203 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 127 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 112 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 132 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 118 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 328 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 47 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 105 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 12 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 74 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 129 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 172 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 13 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 26 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 4 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 15 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 21 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 23 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 76 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 42 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 81 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 103 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 252 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 48 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 52 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 60 million | – | 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
Finland vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyFinland: 81.9 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFinland: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFinland: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFinland: 99.6% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionFinland: 4.79% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateFinland: 12.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFinland: 5.6 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthFinland: 0.39% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFinland: 1.28 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFinland: 74.5% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageFinland: 42.8 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFinland: 23.6% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateFinland: 6.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFinland: 2.57% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFinland: $7.61B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personFinland: $1,437 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFinland: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFinland: 22,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerFinland: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFinland: 0.8% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsFinland: 115 million TIV in 2025Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025