Belgium vs Spain: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 255 million TIV, or 3.97 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Belgium.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Spain	World
2025	86 million	341 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	606 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	912 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	1.01 billion	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	676 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	1.01 billion	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	318 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	705 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	820 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	481 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	982 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	962 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	450 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	266 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	997 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	273 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	984 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	626 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	628 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	898 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	113 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	54 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	99 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	18 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	8 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	47 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	46 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	174 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	605 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	112 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	88 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	253 million	23 billion
1993	–	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	70 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	103 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	116 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	167 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	136 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	152 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	197 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	92 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	244 million	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	367 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	263 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	135 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	10 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	18 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	38 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	25 million	40 billion
1976	–	46 million	36 billion
1975	–	272 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	82 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	18 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	18 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	140 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	70 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	10 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	12 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	12 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	26 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	33 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	12 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	10 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	10 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	8 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	2 million	17.6 billion

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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.

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