Belgium vs Ukraine

Belgium vs Ukraine: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.83 billion TIV, or 5.27 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Ukraine: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.83 billion TIV, or 5.27 times that in Belgium.
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What the numbers say

  • Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Belgium.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Ukraine ranked 3 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

YearBelgiumUkraineWorld
2025430 million2.26 billion33.3 billion
2024508 million5.34 billion30.6 billion
202312 million4.29 billion29.5 billion
2022170 million2.97 billion33 billion
2021255 million44 million26.8 billion
202090 million18 million23.4 billion
20199 million31 million26.9 billion
20181 million67 million27.3 billion
20177 million4 million31.2 billion
20164 million5 million31.4 billion
201552 million22 million28.7 billion
201499 million1 million27 billion
201348 million–27.4 billion
201233 million–27.9 billion
201127 million–29.9 billion
201040 million–25.8 billion
200987 million–24 billion
2008191 million–24.1 billion
2007171 million–26.5 billion
200615 million–24.4 billion
20053 million–21.3 billion
200415 million–21.3 billion
200321 million–19.2 billion
200248 million–17.7 billion
200130 million–18.3 billion
200036 million–20.5 billion
199958 million–25.3 billion
199855 million–27.9 billion
199750 million–28.9 billion
19963 million–23.7 billion
199516 million–22.9 billion
199447 million–22.8 billion
199373 million–25.8 billion
199248 million–24.3 billion
1991125 million–27.8 billion
1990314 million–28.6 billion
1989203 million–31.7 billion
1988407 million–32.9 billion
198791 million–36.2 billion
198691 million–35.5 billion
1985287 million–33.2 billion
1984575 million–36.8 billion
1983580 million–39.1 billion
1982433 million–41.4 billion
1981515 million–42 billion
1980565 million–37.4 billion
1979779 million–33.3 billion
1978409 million–39.2 billion
1977187 million–37 billion
1976184 million–33 billion
1975130 million–34.2 billion
1974113 million–32.9 billion
1973562 million–32.6 billion
1972492 million–28.7 billion
1971499 million–29.3 billion
1970514 million–22.1 billion
1969240 million–24.7 billion
1968220 million–22.4 billion
196739 million–22.1 billion
1966116 million–22.4 billion
1965521 million–23.1 billion
1964652 million–24.2 billion
1963575 million–18.1 billion
1962188 million–15.5 billion
1961132 million–15 billion
196092 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.

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