Belgium vs Indonesia
Belgium vs Indonesia: Arms exports
Arms exports: 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Belgium, by 82 million TIV, or 5.82 times that in Indonesia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Indonesia.
- The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | 17 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | 9 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | 15 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 94 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 85 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | 4 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | 1 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | 9 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 9 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 27 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | 54 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | 18 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 62 million | 54 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 46 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 93 million | 9 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 million | 27 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | 18 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 18 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 | 4 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | 8 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 | – | 4 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 3 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 9 million | 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 | – | 12 million | 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 | 7 million | 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 Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025