Belgium vs Luxembourg

Belgium vs Luxembourg: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 11 million TIV in Luxembourg, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 419 million TIV, or 39 times that in Luxembourg.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Luxembourg: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 11 million TIV in Luxembourg, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 419 million TIV, or 39 times that in Luxembourg.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 1999.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBelgiumLuxembourgWorld
2025430 million11 million33.3 billion
2024508 million3 million30.6 billion
202312 million1 million29.5 billion
2022170 million–33 billion
2021255 million–26.8 billion
202090 million88 million23.4 billion
20199 million3 million26.9 billion
20181 million–27.3 billion
20177 million–31.2 billion
20164 million–31.4 billion
201552 million–28.7 billion
201499 million–27 billion
201348 million–27.4 billion
201233 million–27.9 billion
201127 million–29.9 billion
201040 million8 million25.8 billion
200987 million8 million24 billion
2008191 million–24.1 billion
2007171 million–26.5 billion
200615 million–24.4 billion
20053 million–21.3 billion
200415 million–21.3 billion
200321 million1 million19.2 billion
200248 million–17.7 billion
200130 million–18.3 billion
200036 million–20.5 billion
199958 million1 million25.3 billion
199855 million–27.9 billion
199750 million–28.9 billion
19963 million3 million23.7 billion
199516 million–22.9 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 million1 million41.4 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 million1 million32.9 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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