Belgium vs Vietnam

Belgium vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 253 million TIV, or 2.43 times that in Vietnam.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Belgium vs Vietnam: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 430 million TIV in Belgium and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 253 million TIV, or 2.43 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Vietnam.
  • In 2025, Belgium ranked 25 and Vietnam ranked 38 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

YearBelgiumVietnamWorld
2025430 million177 million33.3 billion
2024508 million58 million30.6 billion
202312 million45 million29.5 billion
2022170 million86 million33 billion
2021255 million235 million26.8 billion
202090 million38 million23.4 billion
20199 million166 million26.9 billion
20181 million604 million27.3 billion
20177 million783 million31.2 billion
20164 million924 million31.4 billion
201552 million869 million28.7 billion
201499 million1.23 billion27 billion
201348 million360 million27.4 billion
201233 million782 million27.9 billion
201127 million1.02 billion29.9 billion
201040 million161 million25.8 billion
200987 million61 million24 billion
2008191 million186 million24.1 billion
2007171 million8 million26.5 billion
200615 million42 million24.4 billion
20053 million221 million21.3 billion
200415 million299 million21.3 billion
200321 million22 million19.2 billion
200248 million58 million17.7 billion
200130 million97 million18.3 billion
200036 million11 million20.5 billion
199958 million168 million25.3 billion
199855 million209 million27.9 billion
199750 million111 million28.9 billion
19963 million214 million23.7 billion
199516 million273 million22.9 billion
199447 million–22.8 billion
199373 million–25.8 billion
199248 million–24.3 billion
1991125 million–27.8 billion
1990314 million116 million28.6 billion
1989203 million128 million31.7 billion
1988407 million65 million32.9 billion
198791 million50 million36.2 billion
198691 million78 million35.5 billion
1985287 million28 million33.2 billion
1984575 million557 million36.8 billion
1983580 million916 million39.1 billion
1982433 million532 million41.4 billion
1981515 million1.07 billion42 billion
1980565 million1.02 billion37.4 billion
1979779 million1.25 billion33.3 billion
1978409 million227 million39.2 billion
1977187 million42 million37 billion
1976184 million42 million33 billion
1975130 million493 million34.2 billion
1974113 million859 million32.9 billion
1973562 million1.28 billion32.6 billion
1972492 million1.32 billion28.7 billion
1971499 million1.2 billion29.3 billion
1970514 million1.21 billion22.1 billion
1969240 million909 million24.7 billion
1968220 million1.18 billion22.4 billion
196739 million1.1 billion22.1 billion
1966116 million1.14 billion22.4 billion
1965521 million651 million23.1 billion
1964652 million266 million24.2 billion
1963575 million107 million18.1 billion
1962188 million47 million15.5 billion
1961132 million95 million15 billion
196092 million103 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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