Belgium vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 149 million TIV, or 2.73 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden 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	Sweden	World
2025	86 million	235 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	405 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	373 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	236 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	263 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	121 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	135 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	75 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	248 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	178 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	340 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	436 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	658 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	612 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	389 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	461 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	332 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	384 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	536 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	297 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	516 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	164 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	892 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	355 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	383 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	332 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	99 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	344 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	226 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	111 million	23 billion
1993	–	103 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	147 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	155 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	224 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	401 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	512 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	230 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	320 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	215 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	227 million	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	118 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	120 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	127 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	157 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	261 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	55 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	75 million	40 billion
1976	–	101 million	36 billion
1975	–	69 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	75 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	15 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	163 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	547 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	158 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	36 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	60 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	55 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	56 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	32 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	22 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	13 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	44 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	46 million	16.4 billion
1960	3 million	38 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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