Mongolia vs Russia
Mongolia vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports: 3 million TIV in Mongolia in 2022 and 129 million TIV in Russia in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Russia, by 36 million TIV, or 13 times that in Mongolia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Mongolia.
- The world as a whole: 33 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Mongolia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 25 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 17 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 73 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 78 million | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 64 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 27 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 27 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 98 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 114 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 118 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 156 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 72 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 60 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 29 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 47 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 30 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 31 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 76 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 58 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 8 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 13 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 15 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 22 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 15 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 63 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 116 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 137 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 120 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 86 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 90 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 66 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 10 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
Mongolia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyMongolia: 71.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMongolia: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMongolia: 10.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMongolia: 39.3% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionMongolia: 3.53% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateMongolia: 15.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMongolia: 3.43 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthMongolia: 1.3% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMongolia: 2.69 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMongolia: 71.2% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageMongolia: 26.8 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMongolia: 4.9% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateMongolia: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMongolia: 0.88% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMongolia: $214M in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personMongolia: $63 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMongolia: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMongolia: 18,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerMongolia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMongolia: 1.27% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020