Belarus vs Latvia
Belarus vs Latvia: Arms imports
Arms imports: 466 million TIV in Belarus in 2025 and 19 million TIV in Latvia in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belarus, by 380 million TIV, or 21 times that in Latvia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belarus has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Latvia.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Latvia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 466 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 399 million | 19 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 178 million | 47 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 215 million | 34 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 69 million | 15 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 13 million | 10 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 333 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 142 million | 21 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 158 million | 30 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 120 million | 28 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 98 million | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 5 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 75 million | 5 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 75 million | 9 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 75 million | 27 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 3 million | 11 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 46 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 140 million | 9 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 6 million | 5 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 13 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 25 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 14 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 41 million | 4 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 41 million | 0 | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 0 | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 16 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 12 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 8 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 0 | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belarus vs Latvia
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 exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Latvia: 1 million TIV in 2025