Belgium vs Indonesia
Belgium vs Indonesia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 847 million TIV, or 2.97 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belgium.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Indonesia ranked 7 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 | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 430 million | 1.28 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 508 million | 185 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 390 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 170 million | 86 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 255 million | 366 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 90 million | 283 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 239 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 357 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | 1.17 billion | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 4 million | 352 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 52 million | 438 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 99 million | 1.2 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 48 million | 833 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | 162 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | 257 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 40 million | 221 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 87 million | 443 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 191 million | 239 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 171 million | 578 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | 63 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 33 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 15 million | 77 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 21 million | 353 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 48 million | 67 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 30 million | 22 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 36 million | 171 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 161 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 55 million | 85 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 50 million | 101 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 378 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 million | 284 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 47 million | 472 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 73 million | 210 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 48 million | 51 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 125 million | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 314 million | 202 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 203 million | 249 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 407 million | 285 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 91 million | 265 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 91 million | 433 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 287 million | 291 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 575 million | 102 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 580 million | 224 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 433 million | 356 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 515 million | 790 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 565 million | 898 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 779 million | 370 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 409 million | 124 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 187 million | 62 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 184 million | 156 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 130 million | 4 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 113 million | 73 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 562 million | 73 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 492 million | 5 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 499 million | 92 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 514 million | 27 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 240 million | 9 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 220 million | 0 | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 39 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 116 million | 17 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 521 million | 317 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 652 million | 596 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 575 million | 206 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | 1.03 billion | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 132 million | 780 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 92 million | 448 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021