India vs Russia
India vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.86 billion TIV, or 24 times that in India.
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 | India | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 94 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 54 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 47 million | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 49 million | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 42 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 23 million | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 33 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 19 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 31 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 4 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 9 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 7 million | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | – | 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 | 2 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 27 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 7 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 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
India vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025