Belgium vs Türkiye
Belgium vs Türkiye: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 49 million TIV, or 1.13 times that in Türkiye.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Türkiye.
- In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Türkiye ranked 30 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 430 million | 381 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 508 million | 381 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 12 million | 679 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 170 million | 187 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 255 million | 249 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 90 million | 110 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | 742 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1 million | 476 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 7 million | 427 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 4 million | 324 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 52 million | 446 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 99 million | 1.53 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 48 million | 769 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | 1.48 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 27 million | 794 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 40 million | 469 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 87 million | 714 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 191 million | 623 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 171 million | 675 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 15 million | 524 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 1.08 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 15 million | 252 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 21 million | 327 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 48 million | 878 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 30 million | 501 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 36 million | 1.18 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 58 million | 1.73 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 55 million | 2.62 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 50 million | 1.51 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | 1.49 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 16 million | 1.56 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 47 million | 1.89 billion | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 73 million | 2.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 48 million | 1.87 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 125 million | 1.29 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 314 million | 1.24 billion | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 203 million | 1.03 billion | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 407 million | 1.63 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 91 million | 1.43 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 91 million | 472 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 287 million | 678 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 575 million | 549 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 580 million | 503 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 433 million | 478 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 515 million | 726 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 565 million | 486 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 779 million | 917 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 409 million | 984 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 187 million | 293 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 184 million | 358 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 130 million | 640 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 113 million | 1.28 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 562 million | 790 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 492 million | 1.09 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 499 million | 941 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 514 million | 396 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 240 million | 628 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 220 million | 418 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 39 million | 593 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 116 million | 525 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 521 million | 603 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 652 million | 839 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 575 million | 586 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 188 million | 266 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 132 million | 322 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 92 million | 581 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025