Russia vs Spain
Russia vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Russia and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 108 million TIV, or 1.84 times that in Russia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Russia.
- In 2025, Russia ranked 42 and Spain ranked 33 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 315 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 95 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 39 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 62 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 127 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 113 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 185 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 121 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 25 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 8 million | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 90 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1.15 billion | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 368 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 40 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 214 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
Russia vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsRussia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025