Russia vs Türkiye
Russia vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.4 billion TIV, or 3.6 times that in Türkiye.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Russia | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 billion | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7.89 billion | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8.34 billion | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8.79 billion | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4.5 billion | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4.41 billion | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2.12 billion | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.45 billion | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3.64 billion | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | – | 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 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025