Austria vs Belgium: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 29 million TIV in Austria and 430 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 401 million TIV, or 15 times that in Austria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Austria	Belgium	World
2025	29 million	430 million	33.3 billion
2024	13 million	508 million	30.6 billion
2023	17 million	12 million	29.5 billion
2022	5 million	170 million	33 billion
2021	34 million	255 million	26.8 billion
2020	14 million	90 million	23.4 billion
2019	18 million	9 million	26.9 billion
2018	6 million	1 million	27.3 billion
2017	10 million	7 million	31.2 billion
2016	13 million	4 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	52 million	28.7 billion
2014	2 million	99 million	27 billion
2013	5 million	48 million	27.4 billion
2012	6 million	33 million	27.9 billion
2011	6 million	27 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	40 million	25.8 billion
2009	286 million	87 million	24 billion
2008	190 million	191 million	24.1 billion
2007	269 million	171 million	26.5 billion
2006	5 million	15 million	24.4 billion
2005	26 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2004	56 million	15 million	21.3 billion
2003	41 million	21 million	19.2 billion
2002	81 million	48 million	17.7 billion
2001	15 million	30 million	18.3 billion
2000	25 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	48 million	58 million	25.3 billion
1998	247 million	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	190 million	50 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	16 million	22.9 billion
1994	52 million	47 million	22.8 billion
1993	8 million	73 million	25.8 billion
1992	5 million	48 million	24.3 billion
1991	6 million	125 million	27.8 billion
1990	5 million	314 million	28.6 billion
1989	84 million	203 million	31.7 billion
1988	117 million	407 million	32.9 billion
1987	7 million	91 million	36.2 billion
1986	19 million	91 million	35.5 billion
1985	28 million	287 million	33.2 billion
1984	13 million	575 million	36.8 billion
1983	145 million	580 million	39.1 billion
1982	97 million	433 million	41.4 billion
1981	73 million	515 million	42 billion
1980	177 million	565 million	37.4 billion
1979	72 million	779 million	33.3 billion
1978	8 million	409 million	39.2 billion
1977	–	187 million	37 billion
1976	12 million	184 million	33 billion
1975	12 million	130 million	34.2 billion
1974	32 million	113 million	32.9 billion
1973	38 million	562 million	32.6 billion
1972	93 million	492 million	28.7 billion
1971	123 million	499 million	29.3 billion
1970	99 million	514 million	22.1 billion
1969	12 million	240 million	24.7 billion
1968	1 million	220 million	22.4 billion
1967	48 million	39 million	22.1 billion
1966	61 million	116 million	22.4 billion
1965	78 million	521 million	23.1 billion
1964	74 million	652 million	24.2 billion
1963	201 million	575 million	18.1 billion
1962	56 million	188 million	15.5 billion
1961	27 million	132 million	15 billion
1960	16 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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