Belgium vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.29 billion TIV, or 3.99 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Japan has been higher since 1974, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Japan ranked 5 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	Japan	World
2025	430 million	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	255 million	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	990 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	565 million	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	788 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	130 million	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	335 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	790 million	15.7 billion

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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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