Australia vs Belgium: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 86 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 22 million TIV, or 1.26 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Belgium.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Belgium	World
2025	108 million	86 million	33.5 billion
2024	73 million	69 million	30.7 billion
2023	81 million	41 million	29.5 billion
2022	19 million	129 million	33.3 billion
2021	175 million	99 million	27.1 billion
2020	406 million	19 million	24.1 billion
2019	129 million	50 million	27 billion
2018	39 million	21 million	27.4 billion
2017	101 million	17 million	31.3 billion
2016	136 million	7 million	31.5 billion
2015	79 million	12 million	28.7 billion
2014	94 million	10 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	54 million	27.4 billion
2012	45 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	143 million	110 million	29.9 billion
2010	137 million	11 million	25.8 billion
2009	86 million	242 million	24.4 billion
2008	57 million	223 million	24.1 billion
2007	53 million	32 million	26.5 billion
2006	26 million	59 million	24.5 billion
2005	49 million	160 million	21.4 billion
2004	2 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	44 million	15 million	19.2 billion
2002	47 million	32 million	17.7 billion
2001	43 million	37 million	18.5 billion
2000	–	46 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	62 million	25.4 billion
1998	4 million	46 million	27.9 billion
1997	14 million	93 million	28.9 billion
1996	10 million	61 million	23.7 billion
1995	36 million	161 million	22.9 billion
1994	24 million	39 million	23 billion
1993	30 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	–	24.3 billion
1991	84 million	1 million	28.2 billion
1990	156 million	1 million	30.2 billion
1989	18 million	36 million	34.9 billion
1988	12 million	18 million	36.8 billion
1987	89 million	–	39.4 billion
1986	57 million	19 million	39 billion
1985	10 million	4 million	38.2 billion
1984	62 million	115 million	41.6 billion
1983	31 million	89 million	43.9 billion
1982	26 million	41 million	46.2 billion
1981	17 million	19 million	45.8 billion
1980	15 million	–	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	3 million	38.4 billion
1978	21 million	–	42.4 billion
1977	62 million	–	40 billion
1976	113 million	–	36 billion
1975	131 million	–	37.2 billion
1974	92 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	72 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	6 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	36 million	0	32.9 billion
1970	17 million	–	25.3 billion
1969	26 million	5 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	12 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	0	26.7 billion
1963	–	0	20.3 billion
1962	4 million	2 million	17.5 billion
1961	2 million	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.

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