Norway vs Russia
Norway vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 415 million TIV in Norway and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.53 billion TIV, or 4.68 times that in Norway.
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 | Norway | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 415 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 569 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 327 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 120 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 102 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 60 million | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 27 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 71 million | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 98 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 85 million | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 117 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 87 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 97 million | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 52 million | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 62 million | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 31 million | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 8 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 3 million | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 14 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 6 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 59 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 91 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 78 million | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 31 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 | 3 million | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 10 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 4 million | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 15 million | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 37 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 78 million | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 166 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 85 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 127 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 34 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 54 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 29 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 42 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 35 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 49 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 238 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 121 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 135 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 87 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 6 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 6 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 6 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 10 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 29 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 4 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 40 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 77 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 164 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 80 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 65 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 139 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 55 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 37 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 38 million | – | 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
Norway vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyNorway: 83.3 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorway: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorway: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNorway: 98.8% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionNorway: 3.77% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorway: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorway: 5.52 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorway: 1.11% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNorway: 1.41 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNorway: 83.6% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageNorway: 39.5 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorway: 18.5% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorway: 9.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNorway: 3.28% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNorway: $16.1B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personNorway: $3,040 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNorway: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNorway: 25,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerNorway: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorway: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNorway: 407 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025