Belarus vs Poland
Belarus vs Poland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 466 million TIV in Belarus and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.7 billion TIV, or 4.65 times that in Belarus.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belarus.
- In 2025, Belarus ranked 21 and Poland ranked 4 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 466 million | 2.17 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 399 million | 1.54 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 178 million | 1.39 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 215 million | 414 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 69 million | 68 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 13 million | 153 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 333 million | 213 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 142 million | 50 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 158 million | 126 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 120 million | 45 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 98 million | 127 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 275 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 75 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 75 million | 227 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 75 million | 141 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 174 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 3 million | 193 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 633 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 969 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 140 million | 442 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 6 million | 105 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 223 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 347 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 253 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 31 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 146 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 41 million | 23 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 41 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 101 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 250 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 74 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 100 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 76 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 226 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 501 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | 903 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.04 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.39 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | 925 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 466 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 536 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 709 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 804 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | 1.12 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 1.19 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | 1.19 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 1.02 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 1.1 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 887 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1.06 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | 1.11 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | 958 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1.01 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 859 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 992 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 927 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 781 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.16 billion | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.02 billion | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 685 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 864 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 889 million | 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 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 exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025