Belgium
Military spending in US dollars in Belgium
Military spending in US dollars in Belgium: $2.43B in 1949 and $13.6B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $13.6B
- Since 1949
- +$11.2B
- Rank, 2025
- 30 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Belgium |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $13.6B |
| 2024 | $8.57B |
| 2023 | $7.88B |
| 2022 | $7.61B |
| 2021 | $6.72B |
| 2020 | $6.08B |
| 2019 | $5.59B |
| 2018 | $5.47B |
| 2017 | $5.35B |
| 2016 | $5.35B |
| 2015 | $5.37B |
| 2014 | $5.57B |
| 2013 | $5.67B |
| 2012 | $5.81B |
| 2011 | $5.88B |
| 2010 | $6.09B |
| 2009 | $6.36B |
| 2008 | $6.75B |
| 2007 | $6.2B |
| 2006 | $5.74B |
| 2005 | $5.79B |
| 2004 | $6.01B |
| 2003 | $6.13B |
| 2002 | $6.07B |
| 2001 | $6.26B |
| 2000 | $6.55B |
| 1999 | $6.55B |
| 1998 | $6.46B |
| 1997 | $6.46B |
| 1996 | $6.55B |
| 1995 | $6.67B |
| 1994 | $6.81B |
| 1993 | $6.85B |
| 1992 | $7.21B |
| 1991 | $8.78B |
| 1990 | $8.91B |
| 1989 | $9.08B |
| 1988 | $9.22B |
| 1987 | $9.63B |
| 1986 | $9.57B |
| 1985 | $9.19B |
| 1984 | $9.3B |
| 1983 | $9.71B |
| 1982 | $10.1B |
| 1981 | $10.5B |
| 1980 | $10.4B |
| 1979 | $10.2B |
| 1978 | $9.95B |
| 1977 | $9.33B |
| 1976 | $9.09B |
| 1975 | $8.64B |
| 1974 | $7.93B |
| 1973 | $7.82B |
| 1972 | $7.48B |
| 1971 | $7.1B |
| 1970 | $6.81B |
| 1969 | $6.39B |
| 1968 | $6.35B |
| 1967 | $6.13B |
| 1966 | $5.85B |
| 1965 | $5.41B |
| 1964 | $5.59B |
| 1963 | $5.21B |
| 1962 | $5.06B |
| 1961 | $4.75B |
| 1960 | $4.7B |
| 1959 | $4.6B |
| 1958 | $4.56B |
| 1957 | $4.63B |
| 1956 | $4.44B |
| 1955 | $4.57B |
| 1954 | $5.51B |
| 1953 | $5.34B |
| 1952 | $5.37B |
| 1951 | $3.63B |
| 1950 | $2.46B |
| 1949 | $2.43B |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.01% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,237 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel24,000 people in 2020
- National power0.22% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports430 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports86 million TIV in 2025
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