Belgium vs Romania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 421 million TIV in Romania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 9 million TIV, or 1.02 times that in Romania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Romania.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Romania ranked 26 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	Romania	World
2025	430 million	421 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	320 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	364 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	186 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	168 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	13 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	36 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	88 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	177 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	22 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	0	27 billion
2013	48 million	20 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	21 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	80 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	107 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	59 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	101 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	64 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	431 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	283 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	17 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	24 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	142 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	170 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	61 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	39 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	29 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	14 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	187 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	65 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	599 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	296 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	237 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	214 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	455 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	330 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	243 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	284 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	444 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	470 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	516 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	612 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	329 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	348 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	294 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	637 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	673 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	538 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	497 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	471 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	561 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	399 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	591 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	442 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	401 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	520 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	421 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	230 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	179 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	30 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	116 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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