Belgium

Military spending per person in Belgium

Military spending per person in Belgium: $414 in 1988 and $1,237 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$1,237
Since 1988
+$823
Rank, 2025
17 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in BelgiumMilitary spending per person in Belgium: $414 in 1988 and $1,237 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $1,237 in 2025, the lowest $296 in 2001.
Estimates, SIPRI

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $1,237 in 2025, the lowest $296 in 2001.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearBelgium
2025$1,237
2024$731
2023$653
2022$595
2021$540
2020$462
2019$416
2018$425
2017$391
2016$377
2015$374
2014$465
2013$473
2012$467
2011$501
2010$483
2009$525
2008$593
2007$489
2006$410
2005$405
2004$411
2003$375
2002$307
2001$296
2000$312
1999$352
1998$360
1997$362
1996$418
1995$439
1994$391
1993$372
1992$412
1991$464
1990$467
1989$391
1988$414

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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