Belgium vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 315 million TIV, or 1.73 times that in Belgium.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Belgium.
In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and United States ranked 13 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 States	World
2025	430 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	508 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	12 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	170 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	255 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	90 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	9 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	1 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	7 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	4 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	52 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	99 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	48 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	33 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	27 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	40 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	87 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	191 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	171 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	15 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	15 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	21 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	48 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	30 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	36 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	58 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	55 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	50 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	3 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	16 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	47 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	73 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	48 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	125 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	314 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	203 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	407 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	91 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	91 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	287 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	575 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	580 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	433 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	515 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	565 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	779 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	409 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	187 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	184 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	130 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	113 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	562 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	492 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	499 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	514 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	240 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	220 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	39 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	116 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	521 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	652 million	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	575 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	188 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	132 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	92 million	181 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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