Lithuania vs Russia
Lithuania vs Russia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $1,035 in Lithuania and $1,318 in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by $283, or 1.27 times that in Lithuania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Lithuania.
- In 2025, Lithuania ranked 21 and Russia ranked 13 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Lithuania | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,035 | $1,318 |
| 2024 | $938 | $1,029 |
| 2023 | $796 | $750 |
| 2022 | $650 | $718 |
| 2021 | $467 | $451 |
| 2020 | $420 | $422 |
| 2019 | $391 | $445 |
| 2018 | $376 | $421 |
| 2017 | $285 | $458 |
| 2016 | $220 | $476 |
| 2015 | $161 | $458 |
| 2014 | $145 | $585 |
| 2013 | $119 | $612 |
| 2012 | $109 | $565 |
| 2011 | $113 | $488 |
| 2010 | $104 | $408 |
| 2009 | $127 | $358 |
| 2008 | $169 | $391 |
| 2007 | $136 | $303 |
| 2006 | $107 | $239 |
| 2005 | $91 | $189 |
| 2004 | $80 | $144 |
| 2003 | $61 | $116 |
| 2002 | $53 | $96 |
| 2001 | $48 | $80 |
| 2000 | $40 | $63 |
| 1999 | $30 | $44 |
| 1998 | $39 | $54 |
| 1997 | $21 | $119 |
| 1996 | $12 | $107 |
| 1995 | $8 | $86 |
| 1994 | $6 | $92 |
| 1993 | $6 | $52 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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.
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 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 importsLithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025