Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Bangladesh vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.67B in Bangladesh and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $23.3B, or 7.37 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1973.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 52 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | $27B |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $11B |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $11B |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $2.72B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $2.57B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $2.13B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $1.83B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $1.85B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $1.76B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $1.57B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $1.62B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $1.62B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $1.56B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $1.5B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $1.48B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $1.39B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $1.33B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $13B |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $923M | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $906M | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $912M | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $833M | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $758M | $15B |
| 1986 | $706M | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $648M | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $704M | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $716M | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $561M | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $486M | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $459M | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $437M | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $460M | $14B |
| 1977 | $515M | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $427M | $13B |
| 1975 | $242M | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $235M | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $208M | $12B |
| 1972 | – | $11.8B |
| 1971 | – | $11.4B |
| 1970 | – | $10.9B |
| 1969 | – | $10.7B |
| 1968 | – | $10.2B |
| 1967 | – | $10.3B |
| 1966 | – | $9.32B |
| 1965 | – | $9.6B |
| 1964 | – | $9.96B |
| 1963 | – | $9.13B |
| 1962 | – | $8.94B |
| 1961 | – | $8.42B |
| 1960 | – | $7.32B |
| 1959 | – | $6.52B |
| 1958 | – | $7.26B |
| 1957 | – | $8.26B |
| 1956 | – | $8.81B |
| 1955 | – | $8.22B |
| 1954 | – | $7.81B |
| 1953 | – | $6.82B |
| 1952 | – | $6.43B |
| 1951 | – | $5.44B |
| 1950 | – | $5.17B |
| 1949 | – | $4.26B |
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Each country on its own
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.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025