Belarus
Military spending in US dollars in Belarus
Military spending in US dollars in Belarus: $242M in 1992 and $1.83B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.83B
- Since 1992
- +$1.59B
- Rank, 2025
- 65 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.83B in 2025, the lowest $105M in 1996.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Belarus |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.83B |
| 2024 | $1.5B |
| 2023 | $1.37B |
| 2022 | $1.08B |
| 2021 | $952M |
| 2020 | $907M |
| 2019 | $857M |
| 2018 | $905M |
| 2017 | $732M |
| 2016 | $774M |
| 2015 | $612M |
| 2014 | $570M |
| 2013 | $684M |
| 2012 | $639M |
| 2011 | $569M |
| 2010 | $529M |
| 2009 | $471M |
| 2008 | $532M |
| 2007 | $519M |
| 2006 | $475M |
| 2005 | $366M |
| 2004 | $281M |
| 2003 | $232M |
| 2002 | $230M |
| 2001 | $221M |
| 2000 | $178M |
| 1999 | $160M |
| 1998 | $160M |
| 1997 | $171M |
| 1996 | $105M |
| 1995 | $136M |
| 1994 | $345M |
| 1993 | $344M |
| 1992 | $242M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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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- Military spending2.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$215 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports466 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025