Belgium vs Pakistan: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 127 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 41 million TIV, or 1.48 times that in Belgium.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 86 million 2025 | 12 million |
| Pakistan | 127 million 2025 | — |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belgium.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | 127 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | 6 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | 5 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | 3 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 3 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 1 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 | 1 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | 4 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 9 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | 8 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | 9 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | 4 million | 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 | 2 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 82 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | 1 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | 12 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 41 million | 30 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | 30 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 15 million | 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 | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 5 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 6 million | 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.
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