Belgium - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Belgium was 86,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 786,000,000 in 1979 and 1,000,000 in 2018.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1960 92,000,000
1961 132,000,000
1962 188,000,000
1963 569,000,000
1964 644,000,000
1965 507,000,000
1966 101,000,000
1967 35,000,000
1968 216,000,000
1969 233,000,000
1970 509,000,000
1971 489,000,000
1972 492,000,000
1973 580,000,000
1974 111,000,000
1975 128,000,000
1976 177,000,000
1977 180,000,000
1978 421,000,000
1979 786,000,000
1980 574,000,000
1981 522,000,000
1982 438,000,000
1983 583,000,000
1984 575,000,000
1985 294,000,000
1986 98,000,000
1987 106,000,000
1988 422,000,000
1989 218,000,000
1990 321,000,000
1991 134,000,000
1992 49,000,000
1993 77,000,000
1994 50,000,000
1995 17,000,000
1996 3,000,000
1997 53,000,000
1998 55,000,000
1999 58,000,000
2000 35,000,000
2001 29,000,000
2002 48,000,000
2003 21,000,000
2004 15,000,000
2005 3,000,000
2006 27,000,000
2007 174,000,000
2008 203,000,000
2009 90,000,000
2010 32,000,000
2011 21,000,000
2012 32,000,000
2013 46,000,000
2014 104,000,000
2015 56,000,000
2016 4,000,000
2017 7,000,000
2018 1,000,000
2019 9,000,000
2020 86,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade