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

Military spending in US dollars in RussiaMilitary spending in US dollars in Russia: $47.5B in 1992 and $158B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $158B in 2025, the lowest $15.8B in 1998.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $158B in 2025, the lowest $15.8B in 1998.

Every year

US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI

YearRussia
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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