Belarus vs Poland
Belarus vs Poland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Belarus and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 58 million TIV, or 59 times that in Belarus.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belarus.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 59 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 65 million | 145 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 45 million | 576 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 58 million | 707 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 111 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 59 million | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 84 million | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 86 million | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 52 million | 8 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 152 million | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 142 million | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 101 million | 33 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 269 million | 147 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 97 million | 31 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 98 million | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 161 million | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 41 million | 75 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 224 million | 73 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5 million | 163 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 43 million | 282 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 53 million | 18 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 19 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 58 million | 83 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 64 million | 56 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 49 million | 81 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 293 million | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 454 million | 65 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 63 million | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 402 million | 23 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 129 million | 57 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 7 million | 179 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 133 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 8 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 57 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 62 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 112 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 232 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 222 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 265 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 131 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 91 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 134 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 230 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 365 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 226 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 247 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 336 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 400 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 425 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 316 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 249 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 158 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 276 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 278 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 268 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 323 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 288 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 309 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 319 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 234 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 237 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 111 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Poland
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025