Belgium vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 367 million TIV, or 6.83 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Ethiopia ranked 53 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	Ethiopia	World
2025	430 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	–	24 billion
2008	191 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	184 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	4 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	24 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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