Russia vs Ukraine
Russia vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.94 billion TIV in Russia and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.82 billion TIV, or 16 times that in Ukraine.
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 | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.94 billion | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.99 billion | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.51 billion | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.57 billion | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2.4 billion | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 3.66 billion | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 5.37 billion | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 7.15 billion | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 6.4 billion | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 6.75 billion | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 5.8 billion | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5.4 billion | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7.89 billion | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 8.34 billion | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8.79 billion | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 6.23 billion | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 5.13 billion | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 6 billion | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5.6 billion | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 5.18 billion | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 5.2 billion | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 6.35 billion | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 5.27 billion | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 5.74 billion | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 5.25 billion | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 4.5 billion | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4.41 billion | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 2.12 billion | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.45 billion | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3.64 billion | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 3.83 billion | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.54 billion | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 3.49 billion | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.64 billion | 165 million | 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 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyRussia: 73.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRussia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRussia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterRussia: 76.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionRussia: 3.71% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateRussia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRussia: 145 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthRussia: -0.32% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRussia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRussia: 75.3% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageRussia: 39.5 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRussia: 16.6% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateRussia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRussia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRussia: $158B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personRussia: $1,318 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRussia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRussia: 1.45 million people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerRussia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRussia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRussia: 129 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025