Argentina vs Belgium
Argentina vs Belgium: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Argentina in 2011 and 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2011 the value was higher in Belgium, by 109 million TIV, or 110 times that in Argentina.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Argentina.
- The world as a whole: 29.9 billion TIV in 2011.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Belgium | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 86 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 69 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 41 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 99 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 19 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 50 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 21 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 17 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 7 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 12 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 10 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 54 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 110 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 242 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 223 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 2 million | 59 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 160 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 15 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 2 million | 32 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 37 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 2 million | 46 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 62 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 46 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 93 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 61 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 5 million | 161 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 5 million | 39 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 13 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 6 million | 1 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 36 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 0 | 18 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 4 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 19 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 4 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 115 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 5 million | 89 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 7 million | 41 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 31 million | 19 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 8 million | 3 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 1 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 11 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 0 | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 5 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 8 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 12 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 4 million | 0 | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 6 million | 2 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 0 | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 3 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Belgium
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Belgium: 82.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Belgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Belgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Belgium: 4.11% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Belgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Belgium: 11.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Belgium: 0.25% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Belgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Belgium: 87.7% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Belgium: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Belgium: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Belgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Belgium: $13.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Belgium: $1,237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Belgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Belgium: 24,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Belgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Belgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Belgium: 430 million TIV in 2025