Belgium vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 86 million TIV in Belgium and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 53 million TIV, or 2.61 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2025, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Belgium	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	86 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	69 million	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	129 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	99 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	19 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	50 million	131 million	27 billion
2018	21 million	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	17 million	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	7 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	12 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	10 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	54 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	110 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	242 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	223 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	32 million	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	59 million	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	160 million	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	47 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	15 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	32 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	37 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	46 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	62 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	46 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	93 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	61 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	161 million	28 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	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	36 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	18 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	–	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	19 million	22 million	39 billion
1985	4 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	115 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	89 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	41 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	19 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	–	–	42.2 billion
1979	3 million	–	38.4 billion
1978	–	–	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	–	–	37.2 billion
1974	–	8 million	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.

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