Belgium vs Poland: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 59 million TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 27 million TIV, or 1.46 times that in Poland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Poland.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Poland	World
2025	86 million	59 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	145 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	576 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	707 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	3 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	0	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	10 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	11 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	8 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	5 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	33 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	147 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	31 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	8 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	28 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	75 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	73 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	163 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	282 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	18 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	83 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	56 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	81 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	65 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	1 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	23 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	57 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	179 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	133 million	23 billion
1993	–	–	25.8 billion
1992	–	57 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	62 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	112 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	20 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	232 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	222 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	265 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	131 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	91 million	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	134 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	230 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	365 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	226 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	247 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	336 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	400 million	40 billion
1976	–	425 million	36 billion
1975	–	316 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	249 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	158 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	276 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	278 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	268 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	323 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	288 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	309 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	319 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	234 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	237 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	111 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	7 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	–	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	0	17.6 billion

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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.

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