Brazil vs Netherlands
Brazil vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $23.6B in Brazil and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $3.36B, or 1.14 times that in Brazil.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Brazil.
- In 2025, Brazil ranked 21 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $23.6B | $27B |
| 2024 | $21B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $21.1B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $21.5B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $22.9B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $24.2B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $25.3B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $26.4B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $24.8B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $23.3B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $24.5B | $11B |
| 2014 | $25.1B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $24.6B | $11B |
| 2012 | $24.5B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $24B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $24.8B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $22.3B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $20.5B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $19.2B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $17.8B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $17.2B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $15.9B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $15.3B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $19B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $16.4B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $15.1B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $14.8B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $13.7B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $13.8B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $14.9B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $13.2B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $11.1B | $13B |
| 1992 | $8.08B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $10.3B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $12.7B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $15.2B | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $14.4B | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $11.6B | $15B |
| 1986 | $8.45B | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $9.23B | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $6.72B | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $6.34B | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $6.75B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $5.83B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $5.98B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $6.81B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $6.52B | $14B |
| 1977 | $6.56B | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $7.18B | $13B |
| 1975 | $6.14B | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $5.59B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $5.34B | $12B |
| 1972 | $4.7B | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $3.11B | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $3.13B | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $2.63B | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $2.49B | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $2.4B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $2.5B | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $2.76B | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $1.65B | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $1.76B | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $1.8B | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $1.69B | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $1.81B | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $1.97B | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $2.49B | $7.26B |
| 1957 | $2.48B | $8.26B |
| 1956 | – | $8.81B |
| 1955 | – | $8.22B |
| 1954 | – | $7.81B |
| 1953 | $1.65B | $6.82B |
| 1952 | – | $6.43B |
| 1951 | – | $5.44B |
| 1950 | – | $5.17B |
| 1949 | – | $4.26B |
- Estimate
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
Brazil vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025