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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
Life expectancy →BelarusLatviaEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld
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Every measure
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| Measure | Belarus | Latvia | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 74.4 | 76.2 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 1.9 | 2.9 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 93.1 | 97.1 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.02 | 3.5 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 19 | 17 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 9.12 million | 1.88 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | -0.65 | -0.29 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.21 | 1.34 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 79.5 | 68.6 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 40.5 | 43.1 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 17.1 | 21.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.3 | 4.2 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $6,938 | $16,890 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 1.3 | 2.1 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 6.6 | 3.8 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 31.3 | 46.9 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 10.8 | 11 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2019 | 99.9 | 99.92011 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 94.8 | 96.82017 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.16 | 0.83 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.22 | 0.94 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 2.4 | 3.61 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $1.83B | $1.6B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $215 | $929 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 5.7 | 8.2 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 158,000 | 9,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.14 | 0.02 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 3.17 | 0.92 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 466 million | 19 million2024 | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 1 million | 1 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 8.6 | 8 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 5.94 | 3.65 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 94.3 | 92.7 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 44.1 | 55.6 | |
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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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