Belarus vs Lithuania
Belarus vs Lithuania: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 466 million TIV in Belarus and 29 million TIV in Lithuania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belarus, by 437 million TIV, or 16 times that in Lithuania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belarus has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Lithuania.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Lithuania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 466 million | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 399 million | 77 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 178 million | 97 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 215 million | 75 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 69 million | 109 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 13 million | 119 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 333 million | 38 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 142 million | 8 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 158 million | 7 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 120 million | 34 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 98 million | 14 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 75 million | 73 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 75 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 75 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 8 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 3 million | 27 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 27 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 4 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 140 million | 53 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 6 million | 11 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 14 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 16 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 6 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 41 million | 9 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 41 million | 15 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 15 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 5 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 10 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 70 million | 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 Lithuania
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Lithuania: 76 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Lithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Lithuania: 95% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Lithuania: 4.14% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Lithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Lithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Lithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Lithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Lithuania: 69.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Lithuania: 42.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Lithuania: 19.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Lithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Lithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Lithuania: $2.74B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Lithuania: $1,035 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Lithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Lithuania: 37,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Lithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Lithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024