Belgium vs Ireland

Belgium vs Ireland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 416 million TIV, or 31 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Ireland: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 416 million TIV, or 31 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ireland.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelgiumIrelandWorld
2025430 million14 million33.3 billion
2024508 million–30.6 billion
202312 million63 million29.5 billion
2022170 million1 million33 billion
2021255 million–26.8 billion
202090 million9 million23.4 billion
20199 million35 million26.9 billion
20181 million5 million27.3 billion
20177 million2 million31.2 billion
20164 million43 million31.4 billion
201552 million43 million28.7 billion
201499 million40 million27 billion
201348 million–27.4 billion
201233 million–27.9 billion
201127 million–29.9 billion
201040 million4 million25.8 billion
200987 million–24 billion
2008191 million38 million24.1 billion
2007171 million26 million26.5 billion
200615 million13 million24.4 billion
20053 million5 million21.3 billion
200415 million27 million21.3 billion
200321 million–19.2 billion
200248 million21 million17.7 billion
200130 million44 million18.3 billion
200036 million020.5 billion
199958 million35 million25.3 billion
199855 million3 million27.9 billion
199750 million–28.9 billion
19963 million–23.7 billion
199516 million–22.9 billion
199447 million41 million22.8 billion
199373 million–25.8 billion
199248 million–24.3 billion
1991125 million11 million27.8 billion
1990314 million–28.6 billion
1989203 million–31.7 billion
1988407 million24 million32.9 billion
198791 million–36.2 billion
198691 million38 million35.5 billion
1985287 million2 million33.2 billion
1984575 million11 million36.8 billion
1983580 million–39.1 billion
1982433 million3 million41.4 billion
1981515 million12 million42 billion
1980565 million44 million37.4 billion
1979779 million26 million33.3 billion
1978409 million28 million39.2 billion
1977187 million5 million37 billion
1976184 million–33 billion
1975130 million9 million34.2 billion
1974113 million6 million32.9 billion
1973562 million8 million32.6 billion
1972492 million27 million28.7 billion
1971499 million14 million29.3 billion
1970514 million–22.1 billion
1969240 million–24.7 billion
1968220 million–22.4 billion
196739 million–22.1 billion
1966116 million–22.4 billion
1965521 million–23.1 billion
1964652 million12 million24.2 billion
1963575 million2 million18.1 billion
1962188 million–15.5 billion
1961132 million–15 billion
196092 million1 million15.7 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.

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