Belgium vs Ethiopia

Belgium vs Ethiopia: Arms exports

Arms exports: 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Belgium, by 76 million TIV, or 5.47 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Ethiopia: Arms exportsArms exports: 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 17 million TIV in Ethiopia in 1997, by SIPRI estimates. In 1997 the value was higher in Belgium, by 76 million TIV, or 5.47 times that in Ethiopia.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • The world as a whole: 28.9 billion TIV in 1997.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelgiumEthiopiaWorld
202586 million–33.5 billion
202469 million–30.7 billion
202341 million–29.5 billion
2022129 million–33.3 billion
202199 million–27.1 billion
202019 million–24.1 billion
201950 million–27 billion
201821 million–27.4 billion
201717 million–31.3 billion
20167 million–31.5 billion
201512 million–28.7 billion
201410 million–27.1 billion
201354 million–27.4 billion
201221 million–27.9 billion
2011110 million–29.9 billion
201011 million–25.8 billion
2009242 million–24.4 billion
2008223 million–24.1 billion
200732 million–26.5 billion
200659 million–24.5 billion
2005160 million–21.4 billion
200447 million–21.3 billion
200315 million–19.2 billion
200232 million–17.7 billion
200137 million–18.5 billion
200046 million–20.5 billion
199962 million–25.4 billion
199846 million–27.9 billion
199793 million17 million28.9 billion
199661 million–23.7 billion
1995161 million–22.9 billion
199439 million–23 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
19911 million–28.2 billion
19901 million–30.2 billion
198936 million–34.9 billion
198818 million–36.8 billion
1987–51 million39.4 billion
198619 million–39 billion
19854 million35 million38.2 billion
1984115 million–41.6 billion
198389 million–43.9 billion
198241 million–46.2 billion
198119 million–45.8 billion
1980––42.2 billion
19793 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
19710–32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
19695 million–28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967––25.6 billion
196612 million–25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
19640–26.7 billion
19630–20.3 billion
19622 million–17.5 billion
19610–16.4 billion
19603 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.

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