Belgium vs Japan

Belgium vs Japan: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 58 million TIV, or 3.07 times that in Japan.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Japan: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 28 million TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 58 million TIV, or 3.07 times that in Japan.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Japan.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelgiumJapanWorld
202586 million28 million33.5 billion
202469 million21 million30.7 billion
202341 million13 million29.5 billion
2022129 million–33.3 billion
202199 million–27.1 billion
202019 million–24.1 billion
201950 million–27 billion
201821 million3 million27.4 billion
201717 million2 million31.3 billion
20167 million–31.5 billion
201512 million–28.7 billion
201410 million–27.1 billion
201354 million–27.4 billion
201221 million–27.9 billion
2011110 million–29.9 billion
201011 million–25.8 billion
2009242 million–24.4 billion
2008223 million–24.1 billion
200732 million40 million26.5 billion
200659 million–24.5 billion
2005160 million–21.4 billion
200447 million–21.3 billion
200315 million–19.2 billion
200232 million–17.7 billion
200137 million–18.5 billion
200046 million–20.5 billion
199962 million–25.4 billion
199846 million–27.9 billion
199793 million25 million28.9 billion
199661 million165 million23.7 billion
1995161 million126 million22.9 billion
199439 million130 million23 billion
1993–122 million25.8 billion
1992–101 million24.3 billion
19911 million54 million28.2 billion
19901 million30 million30.2 billion
198936 million15 million34.9 billion
198818 million–36.8 billion
1987––39.4 billion
198619 million92 million39 billion
19854 million44 million38.2 billion
1984115 million17 million41.6 billion
198389 million17 million43.9 billion
198241 million–46.2 billion
198119 million–45.8 billion
1980–167 million42.2 billion
19793 million11 million38.4 billion
1978–9 million42.4 billion
1977––40 billion
1976––36 billion
1975––37.2 billion
1974–55 million36.6 billion
1973–36 million36.3 billion
1972–9 million34.5 billion
1971015 million32.9 billion
1970––25.3 billion
19695 million31 million28.1 billion
1968––26.1 billion
1967––25.6 billion
196612 million5 million25.8 billion
1965––25.8 billion
1964014 million26.7 billion
196308 million20.3 billion
19622 million100 million17.5 billion
1961061 million16.4 billion
19603 million1 million17.6 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.

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