Latvia vs Lithuania
Latvia vs Lithuania: Arms imports
Arms imports: 19 million TIV in Latvia in 2024 and 29 million TIV in Lithuania in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Lithuania, by 58 million TIV, or 4.05 times that in Latvia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Lithuania has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Latvia.
- The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Latvia | Lithuania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 29 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 19 million | 77 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 47 million | 97 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 34 million | 75 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 15 million | 109 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 10 million | 119 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 31 million | 38 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | 8 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 30 million | 7 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 28 million | 34 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 14 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 5 million | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 5 million | 73 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 9 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 16 million | 8 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 11 million | 27 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 46 million | 27 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 51 million | 4 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | 53 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 5 million | 11 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 13 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 25 million | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 4 million | 14 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 14 million | 16 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 3 million | 6 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 4 million | 9 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | 15 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 0 | 15 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 million | 5 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 12 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 8 million | 10 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 0 | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Latvia vs Lithuania
Health
- Life expectancyLatvia: 76.2 years in 2023Lithuania: 76 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLatvia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Lithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLatvia: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLatvia: 97.1% in 2022Lithuania: 95% in 2022
- DepressionLatvia: 3.5% in 2017Lithuania: 4.14% in 2017
- Suicide rateLatvia: 17 per 100,000 people in 2017Lithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLatvia: 1.88 million people in 2023Lithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthLatvia: -0.29% a year in 2023Lithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLatvia: 1.34 births per woman in 2023Lithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLatvia: 68.6% in 2025Lithuania: 69.1% in 2025
- Median ageLatvia: 43.1 years in 2023Lithuania: 42.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLatvia: 21.3% in 2023Lithuania: 19.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateLatvia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Lithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLatvia: 3.61% of GDP in 2025Lithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLatvia: $1.6B in 2025Lithuania: $2.74B in 2025
- Military spending per personLatvia: $929 in 2025Lithuania: $1,035 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLatvia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Lithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLatvia: 9,000 people in 2020Lithuania: 37,000 people in 2020
- National powerLatvia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Lithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLatvia: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020Lithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsLatvia: 1 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024