Belarus

Europe & Central Asia · Minsk

Rank #56 of 173

31.4Strength score

Photos

BelarusSoldier̠Tactical̠Shooting — BelarusSoldier̠Tactical̠Shootingmil.ru · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Communist troops in US ship02 — Communist troops in US ship02AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Belarus Air Force Mil Mi-8 Parfaits — Belarus Air Force Mil Mi-8 ParfaitsPavel Adzhigildaev · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance78
Air power—
Manpower80
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $1.9B #70
Budget as % of GDP: 2.40% #52
Spending per person: $213 #63
GDP: $93.4B #79
Population: 9,085,991 #99

Manpower

Active personnel: 158,000 (World Bank figure) #37
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 158,000 #46

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Weapons Belarus uses (3)

Sukhoi Su-27

Sukhoi Su-27Fighter aircraft

Mil Mi-24

Mil Mi-24Attack helicopters

Sukhoi Su-24

Sukhoi Su-24Bombers

Weapons made in Belarus (9)

Polonez

PolonezMultiple rocket launchers

Shershen

ShershenAnti-tank guided missiles

9M318

9M318Surface-to-air missiles

9P140MB Uragan

9P140MB UraganMultiple rocket launchers nuclear weapons in BelarusNuclear weapons AISTCruise missiles SMAR-100BPMAssault rifles MM-60 SapphireGrenade launchers VSK-100BPAssault rifles

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)