Russia vs Saudi Arabia
Russia vs Saudi Arabia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia in 2025 and 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.51 billion TIV, or 500 times that in Saudi Arabia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | 3 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | 3 million | 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 | 58 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | 18 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 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 | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | 12 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.64 billion | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 4 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 6 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 33 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 5 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 13 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 0 | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 3 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 4 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
Russia vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025