Belarus vs Latvia

Belarus vs Latvia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.4% of GDP in Belarus and 3.61% of GDP in Latvia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 1.21 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Belarus.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Belarus vs Latvia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.4% of GDP in Belarus and 3.61% of GDP in Latvia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 1.21 percentage points, or 1.51 times that in Belarus.
BelarusLatviaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Belarus.
  • In 2025, Belarus ranked 40 and Latvia ranked 13 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBelarusLatvia
20252.43.61
20241.983.3
20231.932.93
20221.632.26
20211.752.16
20201.592.23
20191.652.09
20181.612.14
20171.591.65
20161.791.5
20151.761.07
20141.870.98
20131.940.97
20122.040.94
20111.971.11
20102.311.11
20092.521.42
20082.911.7
20073.031.64
20063.661.8
20055.611.67
20048.521.66
20039.161.68
20025.221.59
20013.341.06
20001.370.9
19991.070.77
199810.6
19970.740.6
19960.620.66
19950.920.83
19941.140.84
19931.250.74
19922.21–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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