Belgium vs Romania
Belgium vs Romania: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 132 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Romania, by 46 million TIV, or 1.53 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Romania has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Belgium.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | 132 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | 123 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | 1 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | 1 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 216 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | 0 | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 1 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | 2 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | 32 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | 8 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 3 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | 24 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | 3 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 62 million | 19 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 46 million | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 93 million | 13 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | 5 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 million | 11 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | 29 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 16 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 15 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | 6 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | 7 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | 25 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | 52 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 37 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | 29 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | 99 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | 174 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 million | 102 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 41 million | 91 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | 36 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 54 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 3 million | 44 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 32 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 4 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 1 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 10 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 10 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 5 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Romania
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Romania: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Romania: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Romania: 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Romania: 82.1% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Romania: 2.36% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Romania: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Romania: 19.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Romania: -0.53% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Romania: 1.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Romania: 52.2% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Romania: 42.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Romania: 19.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Romania: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Romania: 2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Romania: $8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Romania: $513 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Romania: 5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Romania: 128,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Romania: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Romania: 1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Romania: 421 million TIV in 2025