Belgium vs France: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 194 million TIV, or 1.82 times that in France.

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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 France.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and France ranked 34 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	France	World
2025	430 million	236 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	183 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	114 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	130 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	225 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	201 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	84 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	38 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	36 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	104 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	86 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	41 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	103 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	72 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	75 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	68 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	2 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	93 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	55 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	38 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	61 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	98 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	105 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	171 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	223 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	64 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	99 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	84 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	102 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	439 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	963 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	77 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	107 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	134 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	84 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	100 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	20 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	73 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	108 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	142 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	106 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	70 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	107 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	231 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	194 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	186 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	45 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	51 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	33 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	57 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	44 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	64 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	123 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	98 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	106 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	378 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	1.3 billion	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	162 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	122 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	321 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	526 million	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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