Military spending in the CIS by country 2022

Russia's military expenditure was the highest in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), at nearly 86.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. The military spending of Ukraine, which stopped participating in most CIS activities in 2014, was two times lower. Between 2021 and 2022, Ukraine's military spending, excluding foreign donations, grew by 640 percent.

CSTO military expenditure

Six CIS countries are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an intergovernmental military bloc founded in 2002. These are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The total military spending of CSTO members was close to 89.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In January 2022, the alliance had its first mission in Kazakhstan.

Military expenditure in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from 2021 to 2022, by country (in million current U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	2021	2022
Russia	65,907.71	86,373.1
Ukraine¹ ²	5,942.8	43,997.75
Azerbaijan	2,703.2	2,991.04
Kazakhstan¹	1,617.8	1,133
Belarus	762.8	820.78
Armenia¹	619.4	795.2
Georgia¹ ³	300.49	360.34
Kyrgyzstan⁴	124.9	149.77
Tajikistan¹	81.7	103.48
Moldova¹ ⁵	52.29	47.75

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Asia, Europe

Survey time period

2021 to 2022

Supplementary notes

¹ Excluding military pensions.
² Excluding military assistance in the form of financial support and equipment donations from other countries.
³ Adopted budget rather than actual expenditure.
⁴ Estimate.
⁵ Excluding paramilitary forces.

Georgia and Ukraine are not official members of the CIS and were added due to their geographic and economic proximity to CIS countries.

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