Pakistan vs Russia
Pakistan vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 127 million TIV in Pakistan and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.81 billion TIV, or 15 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1994.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Pakistan | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 6 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 5 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 3 million | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 3 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1 million | 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 | 1 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 4 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 9 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4 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 | – | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 82 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 12 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 30 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 30 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | – | 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 | 3 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 6 million | – | 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
Pakistan vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025