Belgium vs Luxembourg: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 0.85% of GDP in Luxembourg, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 1.16 percentage points, or 2.36 times that in Luxembourg.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

BelgiumLuxembourgSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 61 and Luxembourg ranked 122 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Luxembourg
2025	2.01	0.85
2024	1.28	0.66
2023	1.17	0.68
2022	1.17	0.57
2021	1.04	0.41
2020	1.01	0.49
2019	0.89	0.46
2018	0.89	0.41
2017	0.89	0.33
2016	0.9	0.27
2015	0.91	0.27
2014	0.97	0.24
2013	1.01	0.3
2012	1.04	0.31
2011	1.05	0.32
2010	1.09	0.32
2009	1.16	0.34
2008	1.22	0.3
2007	1.1	0.56
2006	1.06	0.58
2005	1.1	0.65
2004	1.16	0.67
2003	1.22	0.67
2002	1.22	0.65
2001	1.28	0.75
2000	1.35	0.6
1999	1.39	0.64
1998	1.42	0.71
1997	1.46	0.69
1996	1.52	0.68
1995	1.55	0.68
1994	1.68	0.82
1993	1.74	0.78
1992	1.83	0.92
1991	2.29	0.9
1990	2.36	0.87
1989	2.46	0.87
1988	2.63	1.05
1987	2.9	1.01
1986	2.95	0.92
1985	2.93	0.96
1984	3.01	1.15
1983	3.19	1.21
1982	3.27	1.19
1981	3.37	1.21
1980	3.25	1.15
1979	3.26	1.02
1978	3.26	1.03
1977	3.14	1
1976	3.09	0.99
1975	3.07	0.96
1974	2.76	0.76
1973	2.84	0.78
1972	2.88	0.82
1971	2.9	0.79
1970	2.92	0.75
1969	2.93	0.82
1968	3.12	0.91
1967	3.14	1.1
1966	3.11	1.34
1965	2.97	1.35
1964	3.21	1.38
1963	3.22	1.18
1962	3.29	1.29
1961	3.26	1.11
1960	3.4	1
1959	3.52	1.76
1958	3.57	1.93
1957	3.61	1.95
1956	3.56	1.9
1955	3.78	3.23
1954	4.88	3.26
1953	4.86	2.89
1952	–	2.37
1951	–	1.56
1950	–	1.34

Estimate

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Good to know

What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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