Belgium vs Ireland: Arms exports

Belgium
40.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2024
Ireland
46.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values
in 2022
Belgium rank
32nd
Ireland rank
30th

Arms exports over time

  • Belgium
  • Ireland
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196019922024

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 46.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values against 40.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values in Belgium, a difference of 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Ireland ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 32nd and Ireland ranks 30th of 70 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)
Unit
SIPRI trend indicator values
Source
Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 3,345 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.