Belgium vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 515 million TIV, or 6.99 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	Netherlands	World
2025	86 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	39 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	–	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	1 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	1 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	–	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	444 million	40 billion
1976	–	293 million	36 billion
1975	–	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	–	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	–	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	–	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	0	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	5 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	–	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	–	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	12 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	–	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	0	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	0	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	2 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	0	105 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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