Canada vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 312 million TIV in Canada and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 289 million TIV, or 1.93 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Canada.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Canada	Netherlands	World
2025	312 million	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	237 million	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	276 million	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	147 million	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	144 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	123 million	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	223 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	108 million	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	63 million	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	96 million	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	298 million	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	189 million	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	170 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	258 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	277 million	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	196 million	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	198 million	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	252 million	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	334 million	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	254 million	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	234 million	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	289 million	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	302 million	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	177 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	124 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	69 million	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	80 million	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	39 million	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	97 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	168 million	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	248 million	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	165 million	628 million	23 billion
1993	152 million	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	147 million	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	93 million	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	79 million	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	33 million	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	124 million	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	250 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	240 million	357 million	39 billion
1985	83 million	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	77 million	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	97 million	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	237 million	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	105 million	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	116 million	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	163 million	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	177 million	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	138 million	444 million	40 billion
1976	259 million	293 million	36 billion
1975	59 million	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	90 million	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	118 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	323 million	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	290 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	198 million	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	183 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	198 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	73 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	112 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	121 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	273 million	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	245 million	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	188 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	300 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	66 million	38 million	17.6 billion

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Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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