Russia vs Sweden
Russia vs Sweden: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.71 billion TIV, or 8.26 times that in Sweden.
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 | Russia | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | 235 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | 405 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | 373 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | 83 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | 236 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | 263 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | 121 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | 135 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | 75 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | 248 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | 178 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 billion | 340 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7.89 billion | 383 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8.34 billion | 436 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8.79 billion | 658 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | 612 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | 389 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | 461 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | 332 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | 384 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | 536 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | 297 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | 516 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | 164 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | 892 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4.5 billion | 355 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4.41 billion | 383 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2.12 billion | 332 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.45 billion | 99 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3.64 billion | 344 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | 226 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | 111 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.64 billion | 147 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 155 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 224 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 401 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 512 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 230 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 320 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 215 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 227 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 118 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 120 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 127 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 157 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 261 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 55 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 75 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 101 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 69 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 75 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 15 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 163 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 547 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 158 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 36 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 60 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 55 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 56 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 22 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 13 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 44 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 46 million | 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
Russia vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025