Belgium vs Türkiye
Belgium vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 453 million TIV, or 6.27 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Belgium.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 32 million | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 37 million | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 46 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 62 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 46 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 93 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 39 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 41 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 19 million | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 3 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 5 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 12 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 2 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 3 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025