Belgium vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 193 million TIV, or 1.81 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Spain ranked 33 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	Spain	World
2025	430 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	228 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	103 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	214 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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