Latvia
Military spending in Latvia
Military spending in Latvia: 0.74% of GDP in 1993 and 3.61% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.61% of GDP
- Since 1993
- +2.87 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 13 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 3.61% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 0.6% of GDP in 1997.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Latvia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.61 |
| 2024 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 2.93 |
| 2022 | 2.26 |
| 2021 | 2.16 |
| 2020 | 2.23 |
| 2019 | 2.09 |
| 2018 | 2.14 |
| 2017 | 1.65 |
| 2016 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 1.07 |
| 2014 | 0.98 |
| 2013 | 0.97 |
| 2012 | 0.94 |
| 2011 | 1.11 |
| 2010 | 1.11 |
| 2009 | 1.42 |
| 2008 | 1.7 |
| 2007 | 1.64 |
| 2006 | 1.8 |
| 2005 | 1.67 |
| 2004 | 1.66 |
| 2003 | 1.68 |
| 2002 | 1.59 |
| 2001 | 1.06 |
| 2000 | 0.9 |
| 1999 | 0.77 |
| 1998 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 0.6 |
| 1996 | 0.66 |
| 1995 | 0.83 |
| 1994 | 0.84 |
| 1993 | 0.74 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$929 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025