Belgium vs Italy: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 1.92 billion TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.84 billion TIV, or 22 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Italy	World
2025	86 million	1.92 billion	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	1.21 billion	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	1.37 billion	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	1.71 billion	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	1.63 billion	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	821 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	372 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	535 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	703 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	616 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	671 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	688 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	884 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	789 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	964 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	577 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	512 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	433 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	700 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	538 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	832 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	261 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	359 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	474 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	267 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	205 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	516 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	423 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	447 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	287 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	301 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	208 million	23 billion
1993	–	342 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	249 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	354 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	200 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	316 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	389 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	626 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	223 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	868 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	1.23 billion	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	1.11 billion	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	1.67 billion	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	1.7 billion	45.8 billion
1980	–	1.16 billion	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	1.31 billion	38.4 billion
1978	–	665 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	505 million	40 billion
1976	–	523 million	36 billion
1975	–	520 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	409 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	328 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	284 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	383 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	280 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	325 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	197 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	144 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	243 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	296 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	385 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	241 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	262 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	246 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	105 million	17.6 billion

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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.

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