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.
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 466 million 2025 | 98 million | 21 of 110 |
| Latvia | 19 million 2024 | 5 million | — |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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