Lithuania vs Russia
Lithuania vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Lithuania and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 100 million TIV, or 4.45 times that in Lithuania.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Lithuania.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Lithuania | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 77 million | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 97 million | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 75 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 109 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 119 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 38 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 8 million | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 34 million | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 14 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 73 million | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 8 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 27 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 4 million | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 53 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 11 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 14 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 16 million | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 6 million | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 9 million | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 15 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 15 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 5 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 70 million | 40 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
Lithuania vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyLithuania: 76 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLithuania: 95% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionLithuania: 4.14% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateLithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthLithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLithuania: 69.1% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageLithuania: 42.1 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLithuania: 19.9% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLithuania: $2.74B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personLithuania: $1,035 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLithuania: 37,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerLithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsLithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025