Canada vs Netherlands

Canada vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 741 million TIV, or 9.93 times that in Canada.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Canada vs Netherlands: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 741 million TIV, or 9.93 times that in Canada.
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What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Canada.
  • In 2025, Canada ranked 49 and Netherlands ranked 12 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCanadaNetherlandsWorld
202583 million824 million33.3 billion
2024198 million333 million30.6 billion
202373 million374 million29.5 billion
2022214 million725 million33 billion
2021357 million512 million26.8 billion
2020248 million575 million23.4 billion
2019187 million494 million26.9 billion
2018185 million139 million27.3 billion
2017354 million33 million31.2 billion
2016246 million69 million31.4 billion
2015408 million51 million28.7 billion
2014316 million8 million27 billion
2013202 million488 million27.4 billion
2012207 million190 million27.9 billion
2011356 million115 million29.9 billion
2010242 million171 million25.8 billion
2009104 million262 million24 billion
2008423 million147 million24.1 billion
2007478 million221 million26.5 billion
200697 million304 million24.4 billion
2005106 million86 million21.3 billion
2004341 million130 million21.3 billion
2003140 million128 million19.2 billion
2002418 million247 million17.7 billion
2001520 million164 million18.3 billion
2000529 million123 million20.5 billion
1999143 million278 million25.3 billion
1998111 million269 million27.9 billion
1997353 million126 million28.9 billion
1996419 million203 million23.7 billion
1995405 million84 million22.9 billion
1994473 million205 million22.8 billion
1993196 million140 million25.8 billion
1992407 million237 million24.3 billion
1991767 million322 million27.8 billion
1990157 million273 million28.6 billion
198937 million705 million31.7 billion
1988712 million393 million32.9 billion
1987787 million614 million36.2 billion
1986849 million792 million35.5 billion
1985848 million892 million33.2 billion
1984654 million1.17 billion36.8 billion
1983649 million1.33 billion39.1 billion
1982277 million1.24 billion41.4 billion
1981453 million755 million42 billion
1980442 million645 million37.4 billion
1979193 million792 million33.3 billion
1978130 million717 million39.2 billion
197790 million606 million37 billion
197653 million285 million33 billion
1975195 million108 million34.2 billion
1974229 million40 million32.9 billion
197378 million21 million32.6 billion
1972376 million650 million28.7 billion
1971457 million698 million29.3 billion
1970623 million699 million22.1 billion
1969516 million569 million24.7 billion
1968336 million288 million22.4 billion
1967237 million751 million22.1 billion
1966306 million204 million22.4 billion
1965563 million815 million23.1 billion
1964742 million1.01 billion24.2 billion
19631.01 billion767 million18.1 billion
19621.22 billion294 million15.5 billion
19611.58 billion227 million15 billion
1960171 million255 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, 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.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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