Russia
National power in Russia
National power in Russia: 3.74% of world capability in 1918 and 3.82% of world capability in 2022, by Correlates of War estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 3.82% of world capability
- Since 1918
- +0.08 percentage points
- Rank, 2022
- 4 of 195
- counting from the highest
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- The highest was 14.85% of world capability in 1921, the lowest 3.41% of world capability in 2020.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Russia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 3.49 |
| 2020 | 3.41 |
| 2019 | 3.46 |
| 2018 | 3.58 |
| 2017 | 3.58 |
| 2016 | 3.65 |
| 2015 | 3.68 |
| 2014 | 3.92 |
| 2013 | 3.9 |
| 2012 | 3.96 |
| 2011 | 3.98 |
| 2010 | 3.91 |
| 2009 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | 4.09 |
| 2007 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 4.11 |
| 2005 | 4.07 |
| 2004 | 4.76 |
| 2003 | 4.97 |
| 2002 | 4.96 |
| 2001 | 5.35 |
| 2000 | 5.14 |
| 1999 | 5.14 |
| 1998 | 5.12 |
| 1997 | 5.59 |
| 1996 | 5.91 |
| 1995 | 6.29 |
| 1994 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | 6.72 |
| 1922 | 14.44 |
| 1921 | 14.85 |
| 1920 | 10.32 |
| 1919 | 6.31 |
| 1918 | 3.74 |
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, 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
- Military share of state spending19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1.45 million people in 2020
- 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