Belgium vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 430 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 21 million TIV, or 2.75 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Switzerland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Belgium.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Switzerland	World
2025	430 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	15 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	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	36 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	37 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	218 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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