Belgium vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 430 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Belgium, by 466 million TIV, or 12 times that in Iran.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BelgiumIranWorld

What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Iran	World
2025	430 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	–	33 billion
2021	255 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	92 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	184 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	130 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	75 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	141 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 Iran: Arms imports

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Belgium vs Iran

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment