Brazil vs Russia: Arms imports

Brazil
435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Russia
467.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Brazil rank
20th
Russia rank
19th

Arms imports over time

  • Brazil
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 467.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Brazil, a difference of 32.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Brazil ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 20th and Russia ranks 19th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms imports (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
217 places, 9,420 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (imports) 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.