Greece vs Netherlands
Greece vs Netherlands: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 574 million TIV in Greece and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 250 million TIV, or 1.44 times that in Greece.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Greece.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 17 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 | Greece | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 574 million | 824 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 631 million | 333 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 404 million | 374 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 441 million | 725 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 231 million | 512 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 92 million | 575 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 93 million | 494 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | 139 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 51 million | 33 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 302 million | 69 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 728 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 204 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 28 million | 488 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 19 million | 190 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 70 million | 115 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 630 million | 171 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.22 billion | 262 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 482 million | 147 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1.67 billion | 221 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 719 million | 304 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 406 million | 86 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 1.1 billion | 130 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2.16 billion | 128 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 402 million | 247 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 793 million | 164 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 731 million | 123 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 837 million | 278 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.72 billion | 269 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 807 million | 126 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 380 million | 203 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 874 million | 84 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 1.23 billion | 205 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 892 million | 140 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 2.15 billion | 237 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 487 million | 322 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 907 million | 273 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.25 billion | 705 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 561 million | 393 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 36 million | 614 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 202 million | 792 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 189 million | 892 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 366 million | 1.17 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 403 million | 1.33 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 462 million | 1.24 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 951 million | 755 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 660 million | 645 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 734 million | 792 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.28 billion | 717 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 980 million | 606 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.29 billion | 285 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 912 million | 108 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 428 million | 40 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 246 million | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 689 million | 650 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 581 million | 698 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 305 million | 699 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 292 million | 569 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 107 million | 288 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 373 million | 751 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 212 million | 204 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 497 million | 815 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 639 million | 1.01 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 106 million | 767 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 340 million | 294 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 148 million | 227 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 261 million | 255 million | 15.7 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Greece vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGreece: 147,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025