Israel vs Netherlands
Israel vs Netherlands: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 287 million TIV, or 1.53 times that in Israel.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Israel.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 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 | Israel | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 824 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 333 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 374 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 725 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 512 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 575 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 494 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 139 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 33 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 69 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 488 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 190 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 115 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 171 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 262 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 147 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 221 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 304 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 86 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 130 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 128 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 247 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 164 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 123 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 278 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 269 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 126 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 203 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 84 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 205 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 140 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 237 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 322 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 273 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 705 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | 393 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | 614 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 792 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | 892 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | 1.17 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | 1.33 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 1.24 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | 755 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 645 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 792 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 717 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 606 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 285 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 108 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | 40 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 650 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 698 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 699 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 569 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 288 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 751 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 204 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 815 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 1.01 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 767 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 294 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 227 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 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
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 exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025