Georgia vs Russia

Georgia vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports: 15 million TIV in Georgia in 2024 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 300 million TIV, or 21 times that in Georgia.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Georgia vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports: 15 million TIV in Georgia in 2024 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 300 million TIV, or 21 times that in Georgia.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Georgia.
  • The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearGeorgiaRussiaWorld
2025–129 million33.3 billion
202415 million315 million30.6 billion
2023095 million29.5 billion
20222 million39 million33 billion
2021–6 million26.8 billion
2020–1 million23.4 billion
20196 million5 million26.9 billion
201841 million62 million27.3 billion
20177 million94 million31.2 billion
2016–127 million31.4 billion
2015–113 million28.7 billion
20141 million207 million27 billion
20135 million185 million27.4 billion
20129 million121 million27.9 billion
20112 million10 million29.9 billion
2010–25 million25.8 billion
200938 million8 million24 billion
2008132 million–24.1 billion
2007161 million90 million26.5 billion
200697 million–24.4 billion
200595 million–21.3 billion
200438 million–21.3 billion
20031 million–19.2 billion
2002––17.7 billion
200185 million2 million18.3 billion
20006 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
199923 million368 million25.3 billion
199828 million–27.9 billion
19974 million–28.9 billion
1996––23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
19934 million–25.8 billion
1992–40 million24.3 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.

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