Latvia vs Lithuania

Latvia vs Lithuania: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 3.61% of GDP in Latvia and 3.08% of GDP in Lithuania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0.53 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Lithuania.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Latvia vs Lithuania: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 3.61% of GDP in Latvia and 3.08% of GDP in Lithuania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0.53 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Lithuania.
LatviaLithuaniaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Lithuania.
  • In 2025, Latvia ranked 13 and Lithuania ranked 26 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearLatviaLithuania
20253.613.08
20243.33.14
20232.932.84
20222.262.56
20212.161.95
20202.232.05
20192.091.98
20182.141.95
20171.651.71
20161.51.48
20151.071.14
20140.980.88
20130.970.77
20120.940.77
20111.110.8
20101.110.89
20091.421.08
20081.71.13
20071.641.11
20061.81.17
20051.671.16
20041.661.19
20031.681.12
20021.591.27
20011.061.36
20000.91.22
19990.770.97
19980.61.22
19970.60.74
19960.660.5
19950.830.45
19940.840.49
19930.740.81
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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.

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