Belgium vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 400 million TIV, or 14 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	South Africa	World
2025	430 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	134 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	–	15 billion
1960	92 million	13 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

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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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