Israel vs Netherlands
Israel vs Netherlands: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.02 billion TIV, or 4.36 times that in Netherlands.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Netherlands.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 601 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | 370 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 250 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 324 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 357 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 497 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | 304 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | 468 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | 1.14 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 487 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 469 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 643 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 384 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 906 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 541 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 366 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 504 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | 452 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | 1.23 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | 1.15 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | 496 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 202 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | 331 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 233 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | 199 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 281 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 355 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 642 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 619 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 484 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | 458 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 628 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 458 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 383 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 455 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 416 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 558 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 776 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 506 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | 357 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 180 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 364 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 457 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | 661 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 801 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | 612 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 243 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 235 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | 444 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | 293 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 148 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | 83 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 203 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | 133 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 155 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | 5 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | 107 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | 352 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | 95 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | 144 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | 95 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 43 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 69 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 105 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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
Israel vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025