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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Watch it change on the mapSIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 86 million 2025 | 12 million |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 million 2025 | 143 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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