Portugal vs Russia
Portugal vs Russia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $563 in Portugal and $1,318 in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by $756, or 2.34 times that in Portugal.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Portugal.
- In 2025, Portugal ranked 38 and Russia ranked 13 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Portugal | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $563 | $1,318 |
| 2024 | $434 | $1,029 |
| 2023 | $338 | $750 |
| 2022 | $335 | $718 |
| 2021 | $374 | $451 |
| 2020 | $318 | $422 |
| 2019 | $320 | $445 |
| 2018 | $326 | $421 |
| 2017 | $310 | $458 |
| 2016 | $312 | $476 |
| 2015 | $302 | $458 |
| 2014 | $329 | $585 |
| 2013 | $363 | $612 |
| 2012 | $375 | $565 |
| 2011 | $363 | $488 |
| 2010 | $360 | $408 |
| 2009 | $357 | $358 |
| 2008 | $352 | $391 |
| 2007 | $314 | $303 |
| 2006 | $300 | $239 |
| 2005 | $300 | $189 |
| 2004 | $272 | $144 |
| 2003 | $226 | $116 |
| 2002 | $189 | $96 |
| 2001 | $170 | $80 |
| 2000 | $163 | $63 |
| 1999 | $178 | $44 |
| 1998 | $174 | $54 |
| 1997 | $179 | $119 |
| 1996 | $196 | $107 |
| 1995 | $201 | $86 |
| 1994 | $165 | $92 |
| 1993 | $166 | $52 |
| 1992 | $192 | – |
| 1991 | $160 | – |
| 1990 | $142 | – |
| 1989 | $110 | – |
| 1988 | $102 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Portugal vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyPortugal: 82.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPortugal: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPortugal: 2.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPortugal: 95.2% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionPortugal: 4.42% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePortugal: 7.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPortugal: 10.4 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthPortugal: -0% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePortugal: 1.51 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPortugal: 61.5% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median agePortugal: 46.2 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPortugal: 24.1% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePortugal: 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPortugal: 1.71% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPortugal: $5.51B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPortugal: 4% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPortugal: 52,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerPortugal: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPortugal: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPortugal: 90 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPortugal: 1 million TIV in 2025Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025