Belgium vs Canada: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 312 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 226 million TIV, or 3.63 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Belgium.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Canada	World
2025	86 million	312 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	237 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	276 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	147 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	144 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	123 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	223 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	108 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	63 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	96 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	298 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	189 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	170 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	258 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	277 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	196 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	198 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	252 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	334 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	254 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	234 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	289 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	302 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	177 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	124 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	69 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	80 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	39 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	97 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	168 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	248 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	165 million	23 billion
1993	–	152 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	93 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	79 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	33 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	124 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	250 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	240 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	83 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	77 million	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	97 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	237 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	105 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	116 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	163 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	177 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	138 million	40 billion
1976	–	259 million	36 billion
1975	–	59 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	90 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	118 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	323 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	290 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	198 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	183 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	198 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	73 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	112 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	121 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	273 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	245 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	188 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	300 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	66 million	17.6 billion

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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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