Belgium vs Canada: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 83 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 347 million TIV, or 5.18 times that in Canada.

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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 Canada.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Canada ranked 49 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Canada	World
2025	430 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	198 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	73 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	214 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	357 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	248 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	187 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	185 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	354 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	246 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	408 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	202 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	207 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	356 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	242 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	104 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	423 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	478 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	97 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	106 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	341 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	140 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	418 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	520 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	529 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	143 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	111 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	353 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	419 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	405 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	473 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	196 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	407 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	767 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	157 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	712 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	787 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	849 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	848 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	654 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	649 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	277 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	453 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	442 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	193 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	130 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	53 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	195 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	229 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	78 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	376 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	457 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	623 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	516 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	336 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	237 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	306 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	563 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	742 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	1.01 billion	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	1.22 billion	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	1.58 billion	15 billion
1960	92 million	171 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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