Belgium vs Saudi Arabia

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 4.47 percentage points, or 3.23 times that in Belgium.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Belgium vs Saudi Arabia: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.01% of GDP in Belgium and 6.48% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 4.47 percentage points, or 3.23 times that in Belgium.
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What the numbers say

  • Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1963.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 61 and Saudi Arabia ranked 5 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBelgiumSaudi Arabia
20252.016.48
20241.286.41
20231.176.38
20221.175.72
20211.046.43
20201.018.41
20190.897.35
20180.898.42
20170.899.5
20160.99.24
20150.9112.57
20140.9710.26
20131.018.71
20121.047.51
20111.057.13
20101.098.57
20091.169.62
20081.227.35
20071.18.53
20061.067.85
20051.17.73
20041.168.08
20031.228.69
20021.229.76
20011.2811.42
20001.3510.53
19991.3911.38
19981.4214.31
19971.4611
19961.528.47
19951.559.28
19941.6810.64
19931.7412.47
19921.8311.28
19912.2912.47
19902.3614.02
19892.4613.39
19882.6315.15
19872.916.9
19862.95–
19852.9317
19843.0119
19833.1916.97
19823.2717.72
19813.3713.27
19803.2512.61
19793.2615.77
19783.2616.74
19773.1415.65
19763.09–
19753.07–
19742.76–
19732.8410.84
19722.8810.08
19712.98.64
19702.929.4
19692.939.57
19683.128.09
19673.1411.51
19663.1111.32
19652.977.69
19643.215.97
19633.225.9
19623.29–
19613.26–
19603.4–
19593.52–
19583.57–
19573.61–
19563.56–
19553.78–
19544.88–
19534.86–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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