Greece vs Russia
Greece vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2 million TIV in Greece and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.94 billion TIV, or 970 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
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 | Greece | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 20 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 7 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 23 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 13 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 22 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 6 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 3 million | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 9 million | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 31 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 19 million | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 15 million | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 7 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Greece vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025