Ireland vs Netherlands
Ireland vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.46B in Ireland and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $25.5B, or 18 times that in Ireland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B | $27B |
| 2024 | $1.33B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $1.36B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $1.28B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $1.22B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $1.2B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $1.19B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $11B |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $1.18B | $11B |
| 2012 | $1.19B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $1.26B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $1.33B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $1.39B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $1.41B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $1.36B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $1.35B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $1.36B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $1.34B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $1.32B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $1.38B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $1.33B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $1.29B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $1.25B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $1.24B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $1.17B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $1.11B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $1.1B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $1.08B | $13B |
| 1992 | $1.07B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $1.08B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $908M | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $918M | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $923M | $15B |
| 1986 | $988M | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $962M | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $933M | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $964M | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $1.03B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $1.02B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $1.06B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $1.01B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $913M | $14B |
| 1977 | $853M | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $838M | $13B |
| 1975 | $811M | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $668M | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $659M | $12B |
| 1972 | $616M | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $519M | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $460M | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $407M | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $390M | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $379M | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $372M | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $391M | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $379M | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $339M | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $335M | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $330M | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $318M | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $299M | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $285M | $7.26B |
| 1957 | – | $8.26B |
| 1956 | – | $8.81B |
| 1955 | – | $8.22B |
| 1954 | – | $7.81B |
| 1953 | – | $6.82B |
| 1952 | – | $6.43B |
| 1951 | – | $5.44B |
| 1950 | – | $5.17B |
| 1949 | – | $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
Ireland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIreland: 24 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025