Belarus vs Lithuania
Belarus vs Lithuania: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.4% of GDP in Belarus and 3.08% of GDP in Lithuania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Lithuania, by 0.68 percentage points, or 1.28 times that in Belarus.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Lithuania has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Belarus.
- In 2025, Belarus ranked 40 and Lithuania ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.08 |
| 2024 | 1.98 | 3.14 |
| 2023 | 1.93 | 2.84 |
| 2022 | 1.63 | 2.56 |
| 2021 | 1.75 | 1.95 |
| 2020 | 1.59 | 2.05 |
| 2019 | 1.65 | 1.98 |
| 2018 | 1.61 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | 1.59 | 1.71 |
| 2016 | 1.79 | 1.48 |
| 2015 | 1.76 | 1.14 |
| 2014 | 1.87 | 0.88 |
| 2013 | 1.94 | 0.77 |
| 2012 | 2.04 | 0.77 |
| 2011 | 1.97 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | 2.31 | 0.89 |
| 2009 | 2.52 | 1.08 |
| 2008 | 2.91 | 1.13 |
| 2007 | 3.03 | 1.11 |
| 2006 | 3.66 | 1.17 |
| 2005 | 5.61 | 1.16 |
| 2004 | 8.52 | 1.19 |
| 2003 | 9.16 | 1.12 |
| 2002 | 5.22 | 1.27 |
| 2001 | 3.34 | 1.36 |
| 2000 | 1.37 | 1.22 |
| 1999 | 1.07 | 0.97 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1.22 |
| 1997 | 0.74 | 0.74 |
| 1996 | 0.62 | 0.5 |
| 1995 | 0.92 | 0.45 |
| 1994 | 1.14 | 0.49 |
| 1993 | 1.25 | 0.81 |
| 1992 | 2.21 | – |
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Each country on its own
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.
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 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 importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024