Austria vs Belgium: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $5.88B in Austria and $13.6B in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by $7.71B, or 2.31 times that in Austria.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | $5.88B 2025 | $3.48B | 43 of 151 |
| Belgium | $13.6B 2025 | $5.37B | 30 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1957.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 43 and Belgium ranked 30 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5.88B | $13.6B |
| 2024 | $5.29B | $8.57B |
| 2023 | $4.59B | $7.88B |
| 2022 | $4.12B | $7.61B |
| 2021 | $4.63B | $6.72B |
| 2020 | $4.51B | $6.08B |
| 2019 | $4.05B | $5.59B |
| 2018 | $3.96B | $5.47B |
| 2017 | $3.93B | $5.35B |
| 2016 | $3.75B | $5.35B |
| 2015 | $3.48B | $5.37B |
| 2014 | $3.64B | $5.57B |
| 2013 | $3.61B | $5.67B |
| 2012 | $3.76B | $5.81B |
| 2011 | $3.81B | $5.88B |
| 2010 | $3.9B | $6.09B |
| 2009 | $3.92B | $6.36B |
| 2008 | $4.2B | $6.75B |
| 2007 | $4.33B | $6.2B |
| 2006 | $3.64B | $5.74B |
| 2005 | $3.79B | $5.79B |
| 2004 | $3.87B | $6.01B |
| 2003 | $3.87B | $6.13B |
| 2002 | $3.71B | $6.07B |
| 2001 | $3.78B | $6.26B |
| 2000 | $4.06B | $6.55B |
| 1999 | $3.96B | $6.55B |
| 1998 | $3.88B | $6.46B |
| 1997 | $3.87B | $6.46B |
| 1996 | $3.86B | $6.55B |
| 1995 | $3.9B | $6.67B |
| 1994 | $3.93B | $6.81B |
| 1993 | $3.92B | $6.85B |
| 1992 | $3.88B | $7.21B |
| 1991 | $3.99B | $8.78B |
| 1990 | $3.98B | $8.91B |
| 1989 | $3.93B | $9.08B |
| 1988 | $3.97B | $9.22B |
| 1987 | $4.2B | $9.63B |
| 1986 | $4.37B | $9.57B |
| 1985 | $4.23B | $9.19B |
| 1984 | $3.87B | $9.3B |
| 1983 | $3.84B | $9.71B |
| 1982 | $3.78B | $10.1B |
| 1981 | $3.62B | $10.5B |
| 1980 | $3.74B | $10.4B |
| 1979 | $3.74B | $10.2B |
| 1978 | $3.52B | $9.95B |
| 1977 | $3.25B | $9.33B |
| 1976 | $3.15B | $9.09B |
| 1975 | $3.08B | $8.64B |
| 1974 | $2.77B | $7.93B |
| 1973 | $2.48B | $7.82B |
| 1972 | $2.38B | $7.48B |
| 1971 | $2.3B | $7.1B |
| 1970 | $2.39B | $6.81B |
| 1969 | $2.41B | $6.39B |
| 1968 | $2.35B | $6.35B |
| 1967 | $2.34B | $6.13B |
| 1966 | $2.31B | $5.85B |
| 1965 | $2.01B | $5.41B |
| 1964 | $2.43B | $5.59B |
| 1963 | $1.93B | $5.21B |
| 1962 | $1.58B | $5.06B |
| 1961 | $1.5B | $4.75B |
| 1960 | $1.56B | $4.7B |
| 1959 | $1.66B | $4.6B |
| 1958 | $1.68B | $4.56B |
| 1957 | $1.48B | $4.63B |
| 1956 | – | $4.44B |
| 1955 | – | $4.57B |
| 1954 | – | $5.51B |
| 1953 | – | $5.34B |
| 1952 | – | $5.37B |
| 1951 | – | $3.63B |
| 1950 | – | $2.46B |
| 1949 | – | $2.43B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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