Belgium vs China: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 880 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 794 million TIV, or 10 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	China	World
2025	86 million	880 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	1.29 billion	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	2.75 billion	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	2.32 billion	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	1.34 billion	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	645 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	1.6 billion	27 billion
2018	21 million	1.39 billion	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	1.64 billion	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	2.48 billion	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	1.84 billion	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	1.35 billion	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	2.1 billion	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	1.5 billion	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	1.31 billion	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	1.53 billion	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	1.14 billion	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	598 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	520 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	769 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	341 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	408 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	701 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	524 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	510 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	309 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	334 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	349 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	427 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	764 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	981 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	1.06 billion	23 billion
1993	–	1.44 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	672 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	1.32 billion	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	955 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	1.06 billion	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	1.43 billion	36.8 billion
1987	–	2.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	1.86 billion	39 billion
1985	4 million	1.29 billion	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	1.94 billion	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	1.76 billion	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	1.56 billion	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	707 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	943 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	553 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	611 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	224 million	40 billion
1976	–	580 million	36 billion
1975	–	661 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	508 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	658 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	1.25 billion	34.5 billion
1971	0	1.31 billion	32.9 billion
1970	–	905 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	669 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	746 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	426 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	628 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	387 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	75 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	12 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	47 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	35 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	285 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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