Belgium vs Pakistan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 276 million TIV, or 1.64 times that in Belgium.
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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 |
| Pakistan | 706 million 2025 | 771 million | 14 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Pakistan has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Belgium.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Pakistan ranked 14 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 430 million | 706 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 508 million | 1.07 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 2.2 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 170 million | 1.53 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 255 million | 984 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 90 million | 624 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 654 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 893 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | 870 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 4 million | 872 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 52 million | 771 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 99 million | 877 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 48 million | 1.11 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | 1.02 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | 1.18 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 40 million | 2.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 87 million | 1.2 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 191 million | 1.07 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 171 million | 693 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | 324 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 427 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 15 million | 471 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 21 million | 645 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 48 million | 566 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 30 million | 412 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 36 million | 175 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 867 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 55 million | 699 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 50 million | 691 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 506 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 million | 368 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 47 million | 862 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 73 million | 992 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 48 million | 352 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 125 million | 511 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 314 million | 635 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 203 million | 974 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 407 million | 412 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 91 million | 617 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 91 million | 280 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 287 million | 751 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 575 million | 863 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 580 million | 784 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 433 million | 544 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 515 million | 491 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 565 million | 900 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 779 million | 697 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 409 million | 655 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 187 million | 271 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 184 million | 276 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 130 million | 223 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 113 million | 225 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 562 million | 177 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 492 million | 664 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 499 million | 553 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 514 million | 422 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 240 million | 542 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 220 million | 415 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 39 million | 151 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 116 million | 592 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 521 million | 222 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 652 million | 96 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 575 million | 225 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | 84 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 132 million | 41 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 92 million | 46 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.
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