Indonesia vs Netherlands

Indonesia vs Netherlands: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 1.15 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Indonesia.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Indonesia vs Netherlands: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.05% of GDP in Indonesia and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 1.15 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Indonesia.
IndonesiaNetherlandsSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher since 1982, when it overtook Indonesia.
  • In 2025, Indonesia ranked 108 and Netherlands ranked 48 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearIndonesiaNetherlands
20251.052.2
20240.861.94
20230.821.44
20220.771.3
20210.741.37
20200.891.41
20190.731.29
20180.721.2
20170.871.14
20160.791.14
20150.881.12
20140.781.15
20130.921.16
20120.711.23
20110.651.28
20100.621.32
20090.571.39
20080.581.3
20070.711.35
20060.661.39
20050.751.39
20040.951.42
20030.911.44
20020.71.42
20010.571.44
20000.681.43
19990.811.57
19981.021.56
19971.51.64
19961.261.74
19951.231.77
19941.271.91
19931.222.03
19921.362.21
19911.322.25
19901.412.37
19891.392.52
19881.532.61
19871.722.71
19862.012.73
19852.172.77
19842.292.86
19832.42.85
19822.93.14
19812.892.86
19802.922.78
19793.022.84
19783.162.75
19773.212.95
19763.422.69
19753.492.84
19742.712.65
1973–2.7
1972–2.82
1971–2.84
1970–2.87
1969–3.23
1968–3.26
1967–3.52
1966–3.37
1965–3.57
1964–3.93
1963–4.01
1962–4.12
1961–4.09
1960–3.7
1959–4.02
1958–4.72
1957–5.32
1956–5.79
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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.

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