Belgium vs South Africa: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 115 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Africa, by 29 million TIV, or 1.34 times that in Belgium.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BelgiumSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Belgium.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	South Africa	World
2025	86 million	115 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	96 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	105 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	113 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	143 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	150 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	129 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	118 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	100 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	118 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	76 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	89 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	109 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	250 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	108 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	142 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	137 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	200 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	36 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	74 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	47 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	22 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	32 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	21 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	24 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	14 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	7 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	31 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	17 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	13 million	23 billion
1993	–	54 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	85 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	54 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	–	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	0	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	28 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	25 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	25 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	–	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	1 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	49 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	49 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	–	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	0	40 billion
1976	–	20 million	36 billion
1975	–	29 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	2 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	1 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	22 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	7 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	2 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	13 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	9 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	8 million	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	33 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	27 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 South Africa: Arms exports

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Belgium vs South Africa

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment