Lithuania vs Poland
Lithuania vs Poland: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Lithuania in 2024 and 59 million TIV in Poland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Poland, by 142 million TIV, or 48 times that in Lithuania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Lithuania.
- The world as a whole: 30.7 billion TIV in 2024.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Lithuania | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 59 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 3 million | 145 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 8 million | 576 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 25 million | 707 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 10 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 60 million | 11 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 8 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 5 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 2 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 33 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 147 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 31 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 8 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 28 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 75 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 73 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 163 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 282 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 18 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 83 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 3 million | 56 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 81 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 65 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 23 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 57 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 179 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 133 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 57 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 62 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 112 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 20 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 232 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 222 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 265 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 131 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 91 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 134 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 230 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 365 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 226 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 247 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 336 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 400 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 425 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 316 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 249 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 158 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 276 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 278 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 268 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 323 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 288 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 309 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 319 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 234 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 237 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 111 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 7 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 0 | 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
Lithuania vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyLithuania: 76 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLithuania: 95% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionLithuania: 4.14% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateLithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthLithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLithuania: 69.1% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageLithuania: 42.1 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLithuania: 19.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLithuania: $2.74B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personLithuania: $1,035 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLithuania: 37,000 people in 2020Poland: 189,000 people in 2020
- National powerLithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025