Belgium vs Nigeria
Belgium vs Nigeria: Arms exports
Arms exports: 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 4 million TIV in Nigeria in 2022, by SIPRI estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Belgium, by 125 million TIV, or 32 times that in Nigeria.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Nigeria.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2022.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | 4 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | 3 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 62 million | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 46 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 93 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 3 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | 2 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 41 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 3 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 5 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 12 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 2 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 3 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Nigeria: 223,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025