Russia vs Tanzania
Russia vs Tanzania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Russia and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 125 million TIV, or 32 times that in Tanzania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 million | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 315 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 95 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 39 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 53 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 62 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 127 million | 20 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 113 million | 20 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 14 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 185 million | 130 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 121 million | 115 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | 78 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 25 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 8 million | 29 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 90 million | 1 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 12 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 10 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 51 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1.15 billion | 2 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 368 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 4 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 5 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 40 million | 18 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 5 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 9 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 121 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 53 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 260 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 67 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 47 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 48 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 185 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 121 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 60 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 11 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 22 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 4 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 4 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020