Germany vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 1.7 billion TIV in Germany and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.1 billion TIV, or 2.82 times that in Netherlands.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Netherlands.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Germany	Netherlands	World
2025	1.7 billion	601 million	33.5 billion
2024	2.11 billion	370 million	30.7 billion
2023	2.55 billion	250 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.51 billion	324 million	33.3 billion
2021	852 million	357 million	27.1 billion
2020	1.15 billion	497 million	24.1 billion
2019	978 million	304 million	27 billion
2018	1.1 billion	468 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.83 billion	1.14 billion	31.3 billion
2016	2.51 billion	487 million	31.5 billion
2015	1.82 billion	469 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.83 billion	643 million	27.1 billion
2013	721 million	384 million	27.4 billion
2012	715 million	906 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.2 billion	541 million	29.9 billion
2010	2.36 billion	366 million	25.8 billion
2009	2.21 billion	504 million	24.4 billion
2008	2.38 billion	452 million	24.1 billion
2007	3.29 billion	1.23 billion	26.5 billion
2006	2.48 billion	1.15 billion	24.5 billion
2005	2.08 billion	496 million	21.4 billion
2004	1.09 billion	202 million	21.3 billion
2003	1.63 billion	331 million	19.2 billion
2002	889 million	233 million	17.7 billion
2001	851 million	199 million	18.5 billion
2000	1.67 billion	281 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.94 billion	355 million	25.4 billion
1998	1.84 billion	642 million	27.9 billion
1997	951 million	619 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.95 billion	484 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.53 billion	458 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.91 billion	628 million	23 billion
1993	1.55 billion	458 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.52 billion	383 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.41 billion	455 million	28.2 billion
1990	1.82 billion	416 million	30.2 billion
1989	1.26 billion	558 million	34.9 billion
1988	1.38 billion	776 million	36.8 billion
1987	908 million	506 million	39.4 billion
1986	1.35 billion	357 million	39 billion
1985	1.33 billion	180 million	38.2 billion
1984	2.93 billion	364 million	41.6 billion
1983	2.21 billion	457 million	43.9 billion
1982	1.51 billion	661 million	46.2 billion
1981	1.9 billion	801 million	45.8 billion
1980	1.6 billion	612 million	42.2 billion
1979	1.43 billion	243 million	38.4 billion
1978	1.6 billion	235 million	42.4 billion
1977	1.93 billion	444 million	40 billion
1976	1.66 billion	293 million	36 billion
1975	1.42 billion	148 million	37.2 billion
1974	1.19 billion	83 million	36.6 billion
1973	222 million	203 million	36.3 billion
1972	1.36 billion	133 million	34.5 billion
1971	1.36 billion	155 million	32.9 billion
1970	1.58 billion	5 million	25.3 billion
1969	882 million	107 million	28.1 billion
1968	588 million	352 million	26.1 billion
1967	758 million	95 million	25.6 billion
1966	711 million	144 million	25.8 billion
1965	327 million	40 million	25.8 billion
1964	437 million	95 million	26.7 billion
1963	133 million	43 million	20.3 billion
1962	146 million	69 million	17.5 billion
1961	12 million	105 million	16.4 billion
1960	156 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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