Belgium vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 284 million TIV, or 2.95 times that in Sweden.

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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 Sweden.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Sweden	World
2025	430 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	15 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	165 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	227 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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