What is the difference in military expenditure between Lithuania and New Zealand?

96.46 million current USD, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and New Zealand?

33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published as Military expenditure (current USD). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lithuania vs New Zealand: Military expenditure (current USD)

Lithuania

2.95 billion current USD

in 2025

New Zealand

2.86 billion current USD

in 2025

Lithuania rank

57th

New Zealand rank

58th

Military expenditure (current USD) over time

Lithuania
New Zealand

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.95 billion current USD against 2.86 billion current USD in New Zealand, a difference of 96.46 million current USD.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1993 it was New Zealand ahead.

Lithuania ranks 57th and New Zealand ranks 58th of 168 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1990s	62.11 million current USD	1.05 billion current USD	988.11 million current USD	New Zealand
2000s	301.41 million current USD	1.20 billion current USD	903.03 million current USD	New Zealand
2010s	585.03 million current USD	2.04 billion current USD	1.46 billion current USD	New Zealand
2020s	2.03 billion current USD	2.91 billion current USD	872.88 million current USD	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military expenditure, Lithuania or New Zealand?: Lithuania, at 2.95 billion current USD against 2.86 billion current USD in New Zealand as of 2025.
What is the difference in military expenditure between Lithuania and New Zealand?: 96.46 million current USD, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and New Zealand?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2025.
How do Lithuania and New Zealand rank globally for military expenditure?: Lithuania ranks 57th and New Zealand ranks 58th of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published as Military expenditure (current USD). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Military expenditure (current USD)
Unit: current USD
Source: SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 212 places, 10,705 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Military spending USD, in current prices (converted at the exchange rate for the given year)