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

Belgium vs Kazakhstan: Arms importsArms 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.
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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

YearBelgiumKazakhstanWorld
2025430 million18 million33.3 billion
2024508 million460 million30.6 billion
202312 million223 million29.5 billion
2022170 million191 million33 billion
2021255 million195 million26.8 billion
202090 million270 million23.4 billion
20199 million232 million26.9 billion
20181 million279 million27.3 billion
20177 million221 million31.2 billion
20164 million255 million31.4 billion
201552 million446 million28.7 billion
201499 million83 million27 billion
201348 million143 million27.4 billion
201233 million96 million27.9 billion
201127 million63 million29.9 billion
201040 million59 million25.8 billion
200987 million53 million24 billion
2008191 million38 million24.1 billion
2007171 million83 million26.5 billion
200615 million46 million24.4 billion
20053 million44 million21.3 billion
200415 million49 million21.3 billion
200321 million–19.2 billion
200248 million22 million17.7 billion
200130 million139 million18.3 billion
200036 million121 million20.5 billion
199958 million72 million25.3 billion
199855 million–27.9 billion
199750 million64 million28.9 billion
19963 million2 million23.7 billion
199516 million99 million22.9 billion
199447 million–22.8 billion
199373 million–25.8 billion
199248 million–24.3 billion
1991125 million–27.8 billion
1990314 million–28.6 billion
1989203 million–31.7 billion
1988407 million–32.9 billion
198791 million–36.2 billion
198691 million–35.5 billion
1985287 million–33.2 billion
1984575 million–36.8 billion
1983580 million–39.1 billion
1982433 million–41.4 billion
1981515 million–42 billion
1980565 million–37.4 billion
1979779 million–33.3 billion
1978409 million–39.2 billion
1977187 million–37 billion
1976184 million–33 billion
1975130 million–34.2 billion
1974113 million–32.9 billion
1973562 million–32.6 billion
1972492 million–28.7 billion
1971499 million–29.3 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 million–24.2 billion
1963575 million–18.1 billion
1962188 million–15.5 billion
1961132 million–15 billion
196092 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.

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