Belgium vs Uzbekistan
Belgium vs Uzbekistan: Arms exports
Arms exports: 86 million TIV in Belgium in 2025 and 68 million TIV in Uzbekistan in 2016, by SIPRI estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 61 million TIV, or 9.71 times that in Belgium.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Uzbekistan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Belgium.
- The world as a whole: 31.5 billion TIV in 2016.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium | Uzbekistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 69 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 129 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 99 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 19 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 50 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 21 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 17 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 7 million | 68 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 12 million | 34 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 10 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 21 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 110 million | 209 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 209 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 242 million | 209 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 223 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 32 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 59 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 160 million | 4 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 126 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 15 million | 252 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 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 61 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 161 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 | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 36 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 18 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 19 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 115 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 89 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 | – | – | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Belgium vs Uzbekistan
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 72.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Uzbekistan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uzbekistan: 11.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Uzbekistan: 79.9% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Uzbekistan: 2.89% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Uzbekistan: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Uzbekistan: 35.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Uzbekistan: 2.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Uzbekistan: 3.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Uzbekistan: 51% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Uzbekistan: 26.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Uzbekistan: 5.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uzbekistan: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Uzbekistan: 2.49% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Uzbekistan: $1.77B in 2018
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Uzbekistan: $45 in 2018
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Uzbekistan: 11.1% of government spending in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Uzbekistan: 68,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Uzbekistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Uzbekistan: 0.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Uzbekistan: 32 million TIV in 2025