Germany vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 808 million TIV, or 1.98 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 2025, when it overtook Netherlands.
In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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

Year	Germany	Netherlands	World
2025	1.63 billion	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	240 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	203 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	269 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	235 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	105 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	38 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	43 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	119 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	77 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	103 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	140 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	79 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	301 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	329 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	277 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	46 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	413 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	206 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	245 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	70 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	71 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	133 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	113 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	129 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	618 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	60 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	244 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	222 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	417 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	529 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	716 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	750 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	757 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	701 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	447 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	340 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	322 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	130 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	412 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	434 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	453 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	261 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	150 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	65 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	661 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.01 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	1.36 billion	285 million	33 billion
1975	1.83 billion	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.14 billion	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.72 billion	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	796 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.24 billion	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.26 billion	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.23 billion	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.25 billion	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	1.39 billion	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	3.39 billion	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	3.52 billion	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	3.83 billion	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	3.31 billion	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	2.5 billion	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	2.09 billion	227 million	15 billion
1960	2.04 billion	255 million	15.7 billion

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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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