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Belarus vs Latvia
How Belarus and Latvia compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Latvia was higher: 76.2 years against 74.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Latvia was higher: $16,890 against $6,938
- Population · In 2023, Belarus was higher: 9.12 million people against 1.88 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Latvia was higher: 3.61% of GDP against 2.4% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Belarus was higher: 5.94 tonnes against 3.65 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Latvia: 76.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Latvia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Latvia: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Latvia: 97.1% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Latvia: 3.5% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Latvia: 17 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Latvia: 1.88 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Latvia: -0.29% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Latvia: 1.34 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Latvia: 68.6% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Latvia: 43.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Latvia: 21.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Latvia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Latvia: 3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Latvia: $1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Latvia: $929 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Latvia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Latvia: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Latvia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Latvia: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Latvia: 19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Latvia: 1 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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