Belgium vs Czechia
Belgium vs Czechia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 137 million TIV in Czechia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Czechia, by 51 million TIV, or 1.59 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Czechia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belgium.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Czechia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | 137 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | 189 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | 113 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | 168 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | 6 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | 26 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | 19 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | 92 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 89 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 153 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | 151 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | 26 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 41 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | 8 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 5 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | 24 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | 34 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | 34 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | 44 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 72 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 2 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | 65 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | 60 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | 89 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | 83 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 62 million | 58 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 46 million | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 93 million | 24 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | 123 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 million | 146 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | 319 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 199 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 41 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 3 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 5 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 12 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 2 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 3 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Czechia
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Czechia: 79.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Czechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Czechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Czechia: 97.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Czechia: 2.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Czechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Czechia: 10.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Czechia: -0.34% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Czechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Czechia: 72.9% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Czechia: 42.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Czechia: 20.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Czechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Czechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Czechia: $6.49B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Czechia: $660 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Czechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Czechia: 27,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Czechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Czechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Czechia: 19 million TIV in 2025