Latvia
Military spending per person in Latvia
Military spending per person in Latvia: $7 in 1993 and $929 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $929
- Since 1993
- +$922
- Rank, 2025
- 24 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Latvia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $929 |
| 2024 | $766 |
| 2023 | $665 |
| 2022 | $456 |
| 2021 | $435 |
| 2020 | $389 |
| 2019 | $360 |
| 2018 | $367 |
| 2017 | $247 |
| 2016 | $205 |
| 2015 | $142 |
| 2014 | $148 |
| 2013 | $140 |
| 2012 | $125 |
| 2011 | $143 |
| 2010 | $122 |
| 2009 | $168 |
| 2008 | $265 |
| 2007 | $218 |
| 2006 | $165 |
| 2005 | $121 |
| 2004 | $101 |
| 2003 | $82 |
| 2002 | $63 |
| 2001 | $37 |
| 2000 | $29 |
| 1999 | $24 |
| 1998 | $17 |
| 1997 | $16 |
| 1996 | $15 |
| 1995 | $17 |
| 1994 | $13 |
| 1993 | $7 |
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.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B 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