Belgium vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 179 million TIV, or 1.42 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	430 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	26 million	15.7 billion

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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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