Belarus vs Poland
Belarus vs Poland: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 2.4% of GDP in Belarus and 4.5% of GDP in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.88 times that in Belarus.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Belarus.
- In 2025, Belarus ranked 40 and Poland ranked 11 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 1.98 | 3.76 |
| 2023 | 1.93 | 3.26 |
| 2022 | 1.63 | 2.21 |
| 2021 | 1.75 | 2.22 |
| 2020 | 1.59 | 2.26 |
| 2019 | 1.65 | 1.95 |
| 2018 | 1.61 | 2.03 |
| 2017 | 1.59 | 1.89 |
| 2016 | 1.79 | 1.94 |
| 2015 | 1.76 | 2.13 |
| 2014 | 1.87 | 1.91 |
| 2013 | 1.94 | 1.79 |
| 2012 | 2.04 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 1.97 | 1.79 |
| 2010 | 2.31 | 1.84 |
| 2009 | 2.52 | 1.79 |
| 2008 | 2.91 | 1.75 |
| 2007 | 3.03 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3.66 | 1.91 |
| 2005 | 5.61 | 1.92 |
| 2004 | 8.52 | 1.87 |
| 2003 | 9.16 | 1.9 |
| 2002 | 5.22 | 1.89 |
| 2001 | 3.34 | 1.89 |
| 2000 | 1.37 | 1.82 |
| 1999 | 1.07 | 1.89 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1.99 |
| 1997 | 0.74 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0.62 | 1.92 |
| 1995 | 0.92 | 1.9 |
| 1994 | 1.14 | 2.27 |
| 1993 | 1.25 | 2.47 |
| 1992 | 2.21 | 2.23 |
| 1991 | – | 2.25 |
| 1990 | – | 2.61 |
| 1989 | – | 1.82 |
| 1988 | – | 2.59 |
| 1987 | – | 2.76 |
| 1986 | – | 2.94 |
| 1985 | – | 3.02 |
| 1984 | – | 3.06 |
| 1983 | – | 2.9 |
| 1982 | – | 3.25 |
| 1981 | – | 2.91 |
| 1980 | – | 2.65 |
- Estimate
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 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 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
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025