Germany vs Russia: Arms exports

Germany
2.05 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Russia
1.34 billion SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Germany rank
3rd
Russia rank
5th

Arms exports over time

  • Germany
  • Russia
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 2.05 billion SIPRI trend indicator values against 1.34 billion SIPRI trend indicator values in Russia, a difference of 710.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Russia ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 3rd and Russia ranks 5th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.