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.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 430 million 2025 | 52 million | 25 of 110 |
| Luxembourg | 11 million 2025 | — | 81 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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
| Year | Belgium | Luxembourg | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 430 million | 11 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 508 million | 3 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 170 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 255 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 90 million | 88 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 3 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | – | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 4 million | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 52 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 99 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 48 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 40 million | 8 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 87 million | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 191 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 171 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 15 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 21 million | 1 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 48 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 30 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 36 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 1 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 55 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 50 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 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 | 1 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 | 1 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time