Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.61 billion TIV, or 7.07 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	430 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	255 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	48 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	828 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	565 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	184 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	8 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	6 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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