Belgium vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 223 million TIV, or 2.08 times that in China.

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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 China.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and China ranked 36 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	China	World
2025	430 million	207 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	71 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	428 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	646 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	685 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	775 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	1.57 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	2.25 billion	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	1.55 billion	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	1.21 billion	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	1.19 billion	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	1.03 billion	27 billion
2013	48 million	1.22 billion	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	1.54 billion	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	1.03 billion	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	940 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	1.38 billion	24 billion
2008	191 million	1.78 billion	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	1.7 billion	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	2.83 billion	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	3.47 billion	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	3.24 billion	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	2.33 billion	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	2.83 billion	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	2.76 billion	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	2.47 billion	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	1.72 billion	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	375 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	940 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	1.5 billion	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	701 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	304 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	1.23 billion	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	1.18 billion	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	439 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	267 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	163 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	97 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	47 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	11 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	104 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	62 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	16 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	5 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	–	42 billion
1980	565 million	4 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	8 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	83 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	72 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	1 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	1 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	1 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	1 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	1 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	180 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	144 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	225 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	257 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	485 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	450 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	415 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	952 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	2.36 billion	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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