Australia vs Belgium: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 826 million TIV in Australia and 430 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 396 million TIV, or 1.92 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 1998, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Australia ranked 11 and Belgium ranked 25 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Australia	Belgium	World
2025	826 million	430 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.08 billion	508 million	30.6 billion
2023	376 million	12 million	29.5 billion
2022	809 million	170 million	33 billion
2021	1.22 billion	255 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.63 billion	90 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.16 billion	9 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.55 billion	1 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.66 billion	7 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.01 billion	4 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.45 billion	52 million	28.7 billion
2014	848 million	99 million	27 billion
2013	220 million	48 million	27.4 billion
2012	787 million	33 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.58 billion	27 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.56 billion	40 million	25.8 billion
2009	805 million	87 million	24 billion
2008	430 million	191 million	24.1 billion
2007	618 million	171 million	26.5 billion
2006	721 million	15 million	24.4 billion
2005	458 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2004	447 million	15 million	21.3 billion
2003	765 million	21 million	19.2 billion
2002	638 million	48 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.22 billion	30 million	18.3 billion
2000	326 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	678 million	58 million	25.3 billion
1998	542 million	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	35 million	50 million	28.9 billion
1996	597 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	64 million	16 million	22.9 billion
1994	262 million	47 million	22.8 billion
1993	448 million	73 million	25.8 billion
1992	364 million	48 million	24.3 billion
1991	219 million	125 million	27.8 billion
1990	356 million	314 million	28.6 billion
1989	695 million	203 million	31.7 billion
1988	745 million	407 million	32.9 billion
1987	594 million	91 million	36.2 billion
1986	815 million	91 million	35.5 billion
1985	510 million	287 million	33.2 billion
1984	635 million	575 million	36.8 billion
1983	637 million	580 million	39.1 billion
1982	134 million	433 million	41.4 billion
1981	449 million	515 million	42 billion
1980	409 million	565 million	37.4 billion
1979	197 million	779 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.03 billion	409 million	39.2 billion
1977	278 million	187 million	37 billion
1976	91 million	184 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	130 million	34.2 billion
1974	898 million	113 million	32.9 billion
1973	713 million	562 million	32.6 billion
1972	63 million	492 million	28.7 billion
1971	310 million	499 million	29.3 billion
1970	230 million	514 million	22.1 billion
1969	702 million	240 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	220 million	22.4 billion
1967	770 million	39 million	22.1 billion
1966	707 million	116 million	22.4 billion
1965	920 million	521 million	23.1 billion
1964	539 million	652 million	24.2 billion
1963	369 million	575 million	18.1 billion
1962	460 million	188 million	15.5 billion
1961	155 million	132 million	15 billion
1960	116 million	92 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, 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.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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