Russia
Military spending in US dollars in Russia
Military spending in US dollars in Russia: $47.5B in 1992 and $158B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $158B
- Since 1992
- +$111B
- Rank, 2025
- 3 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $158B in 2025, the lowest $15.8B in 1998.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Russia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $158B |
| 2024 | $149B |
| 2023 | $109B |
| 2022 | $88.7B |
| 2021 | $68.5B |
| 2020 | $67.2B |
| 2019 | $65.6B |
| 2018 | $62.8B |
| 2017 | $65.3B |
| 2016 | $80.6B |
| 2015 | $75.1B |
| 2014 | $69.7B |
| 2013 | $65B |
| 2012 | $62B |
| 2011 | $53.5B |
| 2010 | $50.2B |
| 2009 | $49.2B |
| 2008 | $46.9B |
| 2007 | $42.6B |
| 2006 | $39.2B |
| 2005 | $35.4B |
| 2004 | $31.1B |
| 2003 | $29.8B |
| 2002 | $28.4B |
| 2001 | $25.7B |
| 2000 | $23.7B |
| 1999 | $17.6B |
| 1998 | $15.8B |
| 1997 | $26.6B |
| 1996 | $24.4B |
| 1995 | $25.8B |
| 1994 | $39.2B |
| 1993 | $41.5B |
| 1992 | $47.5B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spending19.8% of government spending 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