Belgium vs Greece: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 574 million TIV in Greece, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Greece, by 144 million TIV, or 1.33 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Greece has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Greece ranked 17 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	Greece	World
2025	430 million	574 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	631 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	404 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	441 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	231 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	92 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	93 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	39 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	302 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	728 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	204 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	28 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	19 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	70 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	630 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	1.22 billion	24 billion
2008	191 million	482 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	1.67 billion	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	719 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	406 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	2.16 billion	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	402 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	793 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	731 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	837 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	1.72 billion	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	807 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	380 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	874 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	1.23 billion	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	892 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	2.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	487 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	907 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	1.25 billion	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	561 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	36 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	202 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	189 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	366 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	462 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	951 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	660 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	734 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	1.28 billion	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	980 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	1.29 billion	33 billion
1975	130 million	912 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	428 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	246 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	689 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	581 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	305 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	292 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	107 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	373 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	212 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	497 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	639 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	106 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	340 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	148 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	261 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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