Russia
Military share of state spending in Russia
Military share of state spending in Russia: 6.9% of government spending in 1998 and 19.8% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 19.8% of government spending
- Since 1998
- +12.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 7 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Russia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19.8 |
| 2024 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 14.8 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10.3 |
| 2020 | 10.6 |
| 2019 | 11.4 |
| 2018 | 11.4 |
| 2017 | 12.2 |
| 2016 | 14.8 |
| 2015 | 13.8 |
| 2014 | 11.8 |
| 2013 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 10.8 |
| 2011 | 10.3 |
| 2010 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 10.2 |
| 2008 | 9.9 |
| 2007 | 9.8 |
| 2006 | 11.2 |
| 2005 | 11.3 |
| 2004 | 11.2 |
| 2003 | 11.3 |
| 2002 | 11.1 |
| 2001 | 11.3 |
| 2000 | 10.8 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 1998 | 6.9 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$158B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,318 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1.45 million people in 2020
- National power3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1.94 billion TIV in 2025