Belarus vs Russia
Belarus vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Belarus and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.94 billion TIV, or 1,900 times that in Belarus.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 65 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 45 million | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 58 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 111 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 59 million | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 84 million | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 86 million | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 52 million | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 152 million | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 142 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 101 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 269 million | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 97 million | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 98 million | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 161 million | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 41 million | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 224 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5 million | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 43 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 53 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 19 million | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 58 million | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 64 million | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 49 million | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 293 million | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 454 million | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 63 million | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 402 million | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 129 million | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 7 million | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 8 million | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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 Russia
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025