Military Spending in Russia
Our latest data shows that Russia spent $90,646,000,000 on their military in 2012 which amounted to 4.4% of the country's GDP that year. Check out the chart below for more Russian military budget data. We can only publish the past 12 years, but SIPRI has data as far back as 1988 on their site.
Total Spent: $713,417,000,000 (Last 12 years)
| Year | Dollars Spent | % GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | $36,090,000,000 | 4.1% |
| 2002 | $40,098,000,000 | 4.4% |
| 2003 | $42,658,000,000 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | $44,379,000,000 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | $50,505,000,000 | 3.9% |
| 2006 | $56,417,000,000 | 3.8% |
| Year | Dollars Spent | % GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | $61,824,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | $67,986,000,000 | 3.7% |
| 2009 | $71,566,000,000 | 4.6% |
| 2010 | $72,918,000,000 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | $78,330,000,000 | 4.1% |
| 2012 | $90,646,000,000 | 4.4% |
Note on Data: Constant (2011) US Dollars are used. For more information about this data visit SIPRI.org.
SIPRI Footnote: Figures are for the USSR from 1988-1990, and from Russia from 1992 onwards. No figure is available for 1991. For the sources and methods of the military expenditure figures for the USSR and Russia, see Cooper, J., 'The military expenditure of the USSR and the Russian Federation, 1987–97', SIPRI Yearbook 1998: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1998), appendix 6D, pp. 243–59.
Other Countries in the Region
Malta$56 Million (2012)
Bosnia-Herzegovina$245 Million (2012)
Albania$194 Million (2012)
Armenia$408 Million (2012)
Montenegro$83 Million (2012)
Switzerland$5,136 Million (2012)
Ireland$1,235 Million (2012)
Romania$2,406 Million (2012)
Russia's Military Branches
Ground Forces (Sukhoputnyye Voyskia, SV), Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF), Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushniye Sily, VVS); Airborne Troops (Vozdushno-Desantnyye Voyska, VDV), Strategic Rocket Forces (Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya, RVSN), and Aerospace Defense Troops (Voyska Vozdushno-Kosmicheskoy Oborony or Voyska VKO) are independent "combat arms," not subordinate to any of the three branches; Russian Ground Forces include the following combat arms: motorized-rifle troops, tank troops, missile and artillery troops, air defense of the ground troops.
Military Service Age in Russia
18-27 years of age for compulsory or voluntary military service; males are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; service obligation is 1 year (conscripts can only be sent to combat zones after 6 months of training); reserve obligation to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16, cadets classified as members of the armed forces.
