Statizoid

China vs Russia: Military spending

China
349.48 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Russia
120.26 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
China rank
2nd
Russia rank
3rd

Military spending over time

  • China
  • Russia
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How they compare

China currently reports 349.48 billion constant 2022 US$ against 120.26 billion constant 2022 US$ in Russia, a difference of 229.22 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes China's figure about 2.9 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 164 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Russia ahead.

China ranks 2nd and Russia ranks 3rd of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.