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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 NA
1991 63.9 billion rubles, NA% of GDP
1992 $NA, NA% of GDP
1993 $NA, NA% of GDP
1994 $NA, NA% of GDP
1995 $NA, NA% of GDP note: the Intelligence Community estimates that defense spending in Russia fell about 15% in real terms in 1994, reducing Russian defense outlays to about one-fourth of peak Soviet levels in the late 1980s; although Russia may still spend as much as 10% of its GDP on defense, this is significantly below the 15% to 17% burden the former USSR carried during much of the 1980s; conversion of military expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleadin
1996 $NA, NA% of GDP note: the Intelligence Community estimates that defense spending in Russia fell by about 20% in real terms in 1995, reducing Russian defense outlays to about one-fifth of peak Soviet levels in the late 1980s
1997 NA%
1998 NA%
1999 NA%
2000 NA%
2001 NA%
2002 NA%
2003 NA%
2004 NA
2005 NA
2006 NA
2007 NA
2008 3.9% of GDP (2005)
2009 3.9% of GDP (2005) country comparison to the world: 30
2010 3.9% of GDP (2005) country comparison to the world: 26
2011 3.9% of GDP (2005) country comparison to the world: 25
2012 3.9% of GDP (2005) country comparison to the world: 25
2013 3.9% of GDP (2005) country comparison to the world: 25
2014 4.47% of GDP (2012) country comparison to the world: 8 4.13% of GDP (2011) 4.47% of GDP (2010)
2015 3.49% of GDP (2014) | 3.18% of GDP (2013) | 2.92% of GDP (2012) | 2.71% of GDP (2011) | country comparison to the world: 16
2016 3.49% of GDP (2014) | 3.18% of GDP (2013) | 2.92% of GDP (2012) | 2.71% of GDP (2011) | country comparison to the world: 16
2017 5.4% of GDP (2016) | 4.86% of GDP (2015) | 4.1% of GDP (2014) | 3.96% of GDP (2013) | 3.75% of GDP (2012) | country comparison to the world: 16
2018 4.24% of GDP (2017) | 5.4% of GDP (2016) | 4.86% of GDP (2015) | 4.1% of GDP (2014) | 3.96% of GDP (2013)
2019 3.93% of GDP (2018) | 4.23% of GDP (2017) | 5.45% of GDP (2016) | 4.86% of GDP (2015) | 4.1% of GDP (2014)
2020 3.9% of GDP (2019) | 3.8% of GDP (2018) | 4.2% of GDP (2017) | 5.5% of GDP (2016) | 4.9% of GDP (2015)
2021 4% of GDP (2020 est.) 3.9% of GDP (2019) 3.8% of GDP (2018) 4.2% of GDP (2017) 5.4% of GDP (2016)
2022 4% of GDP (2021 est.) 4% of GDP (2020 est.) 3.8% of GDP (2019 est.) (approximately $104 billion) 3.7% of GDP (2018 est.) (approximately $100 billion) 4.2% of GDP (2017 est.) (approximately $104 billion)
2023 4% of GDP (2022 est.) 4% of GDP (2021 est.) 4% of GDP (2020 est.) 3.8% of GDP (2019 est.) 3.7% of GDP (2018 est.)
2024 5% of GDP (2023 est.) 4% of GDP (2022 est.) 4% of GDP (2021 est.) 4% of GDP (2020 est.) 3.8% of GDP (2019 est.)
2025 7% of GDP (2024 est.) 5% of GDP (2023 est.) 4.5% of GDP (2022 est.) 4% of GDP (2021 est.) 4% of GDP (2020 est.)