Canada vs Netherlands
Canada vs Netherlands: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $939 in Canada and $1,582 in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $643, or 1.69 times that in Canada.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 23 and Netherlands ranked 9 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Canada | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $939 | $1,582 |
| 2024 | $774 | $1,298 |
| 2023 | $739 | $923 |
| 2022 | $651 | $766 |
| 2021 | $644 | $815 |
| 2020 | $617 | $743 |
| 2019 | $567 | $687 |
| 2018 | $583 | $640 |
| 2017 | $584 | $555 |
| 2016 | $483 | $532 |
| 2015 | $509 | $508 |
| 2014 | $555 | $608 |
| 2013 | $527 | $604 |
| 2012 | $589 | $614 |
| 2011 | $622 | $693 |
| 2010 | $568 | $671 |
| 2009 | $563 | $729 |
| 2008 | $582 | $748 |
| 2007 | $529 | $696 |
| 2006 | $454 | $620 |
| 2005 | $402 | $582 |
| 2004 | $355 | $572 |
| 2003 | $314 | $512 |
| 2002 | $271 | $414 |
| 2001 | $270 | $385 |
| 2000 | $270 | $373 |
| 1999 | $270 | $442 |
| 1998 | $257 | $434 |
| 1997 | $266 | $436 |
| 1996 | $291 | $502 |
| 1995 | $313 | $516 |
| 1994 | $330 | $462 |
| 1993 | $358 | $460 |
| 1992 | $381 | $520 |
| 1991 | $405 | $480 |
| 1990 | $414 | $496 |
| 1989 | $396 | $430 |
| 1988 | $370 | $455 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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
Canada vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025