Belarus vs Ukraine
Belarus vs Ukraine: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Belarus and 120 million TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 119 million TIV, or 120 times that in Belarus.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belarus.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 120 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 65 million | 29 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 45 million | 29 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 58 million | 102 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 111 million | 201 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 59 million | 114 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 84 million | 162 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 86 million | 310 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 52 million | 377 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 152 million | 463 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 142 million | 303 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 101 million | 632 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 269 million | 688 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 97 million | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 98 million | 569 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 161 million | 519 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 41 million | 444 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 224 million | 397 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 5 million | 640 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 43 million | 533 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 53 million | 299 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 19 million | 196 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 58 million | 313 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 64 million | 327 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 49 million | 555 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 293 million | 1.42 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 454 million | 1.11 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 63 million | 709 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 402 million | 573 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 129 million | 223 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 7 million | 169 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 240 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 8 million | 84 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 165 million | 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 Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelarus: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025