Belgium vs Kazakhstan
Belgium vs Kazakhstan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 18 million TIV in Kazakhstan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 412 million TIV, or 24 times that in Kazakhstan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Kazakhstan.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Kazakhstan ranked 75 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 | Kazakhstan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 430 million | 18 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 508 million | 460 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 223 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 170 million | 191 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 255 million | 195 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 90 million | 270 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 232 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 279 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | 221 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 4 million | 255 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 52 million | 446 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 99 million | 83 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 48 million | 143 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | 96 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 40 million | 59 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 87 million | 53 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 191 million | 38 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 171 million | 83 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | 46 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 44 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 15 million | 49 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 21 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 48 million | 22 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 30 million | 139 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 36 million | 121 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 72 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 55 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 50 million | 64 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 million | 99 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 47 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 73 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 48 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 125 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 314 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 203 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 407 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 91 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 91 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 287 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 575 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 580 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 433 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 515 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 565 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 779 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 409 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 187 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 184 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 130 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 113 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 562 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 492 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 499 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 514 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 240 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 220 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 39 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 116 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 521 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 652 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 575 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 132 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 92 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 Kazakhstan
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 74.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Kazakhstan: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Kazakhstan: 89.4% in 2021
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Kazakhstan: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Kazakhstan: 23 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Kazakhstan: 20.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Kazakhstan: 1.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Kazakhstan: 3.01 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Kazakhstan: 62.4% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Kazakhstan: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Kazakhstan: 8.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Kazakhstan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Kazakhstan: 0.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Kazakhstan: $1.31B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Kazakhstan: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Kazakhstan: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Kazakhstan: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Kazakhstan: 0.27% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Kazakhstan: 0.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Kazakhstan: 6 million TIV in 2006