Military Strength: Lithuania vs Latvia

Lithuania (ranked #87 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Latvia (#133) on the ATLAS Index. Lithuania fields 37,000 active troops — 4.1:1 Latvia's 9,000, backed by 28,000 reserves and 18,400 paramilitary. Lithuania's $3.4B defense budget is 2.1:1 that of Latvia ($1.6B).

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LithuaniaWorld #87 17.5

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Lithuania leads on 4 of 6 pillars

LatviaWorld #133 9.6

34.337K active troops Manpower10 % 26.89,000 active troops
29.20 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
14.60 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.80 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
29.2$3.4B budget Defense budget15 % 23.9$1.6B budget

Lithuania Latvia Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Lithuania	Latvia	Ratio
Defense budget	$3.4B	$1.6B	🇱🇹 2.1×
– share of GDP	4.0%	3.7%	🇱🇹 1.1×
Active personnel	37,000	9,000	🇱🇹 4.1×
Combat aircraft	0	0	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	28,000	15,900	🇱🇹 1.8×
Paramilitary forces	18,400	0	🇱🇹
Military aircraft (all types)	11	7	🇱🇹 1.6×
– helicopters	6	3	🇱🇹 2.0×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$1,175	$866	🇱🇹 1.4×
Population	2.9M	1.9M	🇱🇹 1.5×
GDP	$85B	$44B	🇱🇹 1.9×
GDP per capita	$29,384	$23,409	🇱🇹 1.3×
Land area	62,680 km²	62,249 km²	🇱🇹 ≈
Coastline	90 km	498 km	🇱🇻 5.5×