Greece vs Netherlands
Greece vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $7.81B in Greece and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $19.2B, or 3.46 times that in Greece.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2025, Greece ranked 35 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Greece | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.81B | $27B |
| 2024 | $7.39B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $7.22B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $9.57B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $8.85B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $6.47B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $6.06B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $6.17B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $5.77B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $5.77B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $5.54B | $11B |
| 2014 | $5.23B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $5.27B | $11B |
| 2012 | $5.64B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $6.38B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $7.93B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $10.3B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $9.84B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $8.85B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $8.86B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $8.52B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $7.88B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $7.16B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $8.36B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $8.52B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $8.72B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $8.26B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $7.89B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $7.24B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $6.79B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $6.41B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $6.27B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $6.17B | $13B |
| 1992 | $6.32B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $6.08B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $6.41B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $6.34B | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $6.76B | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $6.4B | $15B |
| 1986 | $6.41B | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $7.5B | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $7.56B | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $7.7B | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $8.44B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $8.27B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $6.99B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $8.08B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $8.34B | $14B |
| 1977 | $8.17B | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $7.7B | $13B |
| 1975 | $7.04B | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $5.47B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $4.41B | $12B |
| 1972 | $4.38B | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $4.11B | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $3.89B | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $3.6B | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $3.18B | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $2.73B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $2.12B | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $1.95B | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $1.8B | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $1.74B | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $1.69B | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $1.66B | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $1.72B | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $1.62B | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $1.56B | $7.26B |
| 1957 | $1.59B | $8.26B |
| 1956 | $1.53B | $8.81B |
| 1955 | $1.18B | $8.22B |
| 1954 | $1.16B | $7.81B |
| 1953 | $1.08B | $6.82B |
| 1952 | $1.13B | $6.43B |
| 1951 | $1.17B | $5.44B |
| 1950 | $991M | $5.17B |
| 1949 | $884M | $4.26B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- 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
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 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 importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025