Belgium vs Philippines: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 416 million TIV, or 1.97 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Philippines ranked 10 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	Philippines	World
2025	430 million	846 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	305 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	108 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	280 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	365 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	385 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	191 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	278 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	228 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	153 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	12 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	83 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	3 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	1 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	10 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	16 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	23 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	12 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	34 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	10 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	5 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	10 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	64 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	72 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	43 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	30 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	72 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	62 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	43 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	34 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	33 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	19 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	12 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	26 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	–	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	23 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	38 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	17 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	39 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	92 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	143 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	198 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	256 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	133 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	60 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	106 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	50 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	90 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	9 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	26 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	16 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	43 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	86 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	99 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	4 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	11 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	44 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	50 million	15.7 billion

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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.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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