Austria vs Belgium: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1 million TIV in Austria and 86 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 85 million TIV, or 86 times that in Austria.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1 million 2025 | 10 million |
| Belgium | 86 million 2025 | 12 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Austria.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Belgium | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 million | 86 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 23 million | 69 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 4 million | 41 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 99 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 10 million | 19 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3 million | 50 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 8 million | 21 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 22 million | 17 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 17 million | 7 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 12 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 16 million | 10 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 29 million | 54 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 62 million | 110 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 75 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 50 million | 242 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 14 million | 223 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 67 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 62 million | 59 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 160 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 3 million | 47 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2 million | 15 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 83 million | 32 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 17 million | 37 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 23 million | 46 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 23 million | 62 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 29 million | 46 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3 million | 93 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 18 million | 61 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 161 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 17 million | 39 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 10 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 20 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 20 million | 1 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 30 million | 1 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 12 million | 36 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | 18 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 30 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 40 million | 19 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 248 million | 4 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 60 million | 115 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 58 million | 89 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 61 million | 41 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 70 million | 19 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 54 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 126 million | 3 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 37 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 0 | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 5 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 12 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 0 | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 0 | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 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.
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