Germany vs Russia

Germany vs Russia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.5 billion TIV, or 13 times that in Russia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Germany vs Russia: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.5 billion TIV, or 13 times that in Russia.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Russia.
  • In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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

YearGermanyRussiaWorld
20251.63 billion129 million33.3 billion
2024240 million315 million30.6 billion
2023203 million95 million29.5 billion
2022269 million39 million33 billion
2021235 million6 million26.8 billion
2020105 million1 million23.4 billion
201938 million5 million26.9 billion
201814 million62 million27.3 billion
201743 million94 million31.2 billion
201655 million127 million31.4 billion
2015119 million113 million28.7 billion
201477 million207 million27 billion
2013103 million185 million27.4 billion
2012140 million121 million27.9 billion
201179 million10 million29.9 billion
2010301 million25 million25.8 billion
2009329 million8 million24 billion
2008277 million–24.1 billion
200746 million90 million26.5 billion
2006413 million–24.4 billion
2005206 million–21.3 billion
2004245 million–21.3 billion
200370 million–19.2 billion
200271 million–17.7 billion
2001133 million2 million18.3 billion
2000113 million1.15 billion20.5 billion
1999129 million368 million25.3 billion
1998618 million–27.9 billion
199760 million–28.9 billion
1996244 million–23.7 billion
1995222 million–22.9 billion
1994417 million–22.8 billion
1993529 million–25.8 billion
1992716 million40 million24.3 billion
1991750 million–27.8 billion
1990757 million–28.6 billion
1989701 million–31.7 billion
1988447 million–32.9 billion
1987340 million–36.2 billion
1986322 million–35.5 billion
1985130 million–33.2 billion
1984412 million–36.8 billion
1983434 million–39.1 billion
1982453 million–41.4 billion
1981261 million–42 billion
1980150 million–37.4 billion
197965 million–33.3 billion
1978661 million–39.2 billion
19771.01 billion–37 billion
19761.36 billion–33 billion
19751.83 billion–34.2 billion
19742.14 billion–32.9 billion
19731.72 billion–32.6 billion
1972796 million–28.7 billion
19712.24 billion–29.3 billion
19701.26 billion–22.1 billion
19691.23 billion–24.7 billion
19681.25 billion–22.4 billion
19671.39 billion–22.1 billion
19663.39 billion–22.4 billion
19653.52 billion–23.1 billion
19643.83 billion–24.2 billion
19633.31 billion–18.1 billion
19622.5 billion–15.5 billion
19612.09 billion–15 billion
19602.04 billion–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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