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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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 86 million 2025 | 12 million |
| Canada | 312 million 2025 | 298 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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 |
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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