Russia vs Ukraine
Russia vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 129 million TIV in Russia and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 2.14 billion TIV, or 18 times that in Russia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Russia.
- In 2025, Russia ranked 42 and Ukraine ranked 3 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 | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 315 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 95 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 39 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 6 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 1 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 5 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 62 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 127 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 113 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 185 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 121 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 10 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 25 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 8 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 90 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 1.15 billion | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 368 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 40 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 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 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 exportsRussia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025