Belgium vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.74 billion TIV, or 5.04 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	World
2025	430 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	193 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	184 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	130 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	864 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	889 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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