Italy vs Netherlands
Italy vs Netherlands: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 1.92 billion TIV in Italy and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 1.32 billion TIV, or 3.2 times that in Netherlands.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Netherlands.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.92 billion | 601 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.21 billion | 370 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.37 billion | 250 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.71 billion | 324 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 1.63 billion | 357 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 821 million | 497 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 372 million | 304 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 535 million | 468 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 703 million | 1.14 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 616 million | 487 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 671 million | 469 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 688 million | 643 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 884 million | 384 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 789 million | 906 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 964 million | 541 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 577 million | 366 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 512 million | 504 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 433 million | 452 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 700 million | 1.23 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 538 million | 1.15 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 832 million | 496 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 261 million | 202 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 359 million | 331 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 474 million | 233 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 267 million | 199 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 205 million | 281 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 516 million | 355 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 423 million | 642 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 447 million | 619 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 287 million | 484 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 301 million | 458 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 208 million | 628 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 342 million | 458 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 249 million | 383 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 354 million | 455 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 200 million | 416 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 316 million | 558 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 389 million | 776 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 626 million | 506 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 223 million | 357 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 868 million | 180 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.23 billion | 364 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1.11 billion | 457 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1.67 billion | 661 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1.7 billion | 801 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1.16 billion | 612 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 1.31 billion | 243 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 665 million | 235 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 505 million | 444 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 523 million | 293 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 520 million | 148 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 409 million | 83 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 328 million | 203 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 284 million | 133 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 383 million | 155 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 280 million | 5 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 325 million | 107 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 197 million | 352 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 144 million | 95 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 243 million | 144 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 296 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 385 million | 95 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 241 million | 43 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 262 million | 69 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 246 million | 105 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 105 million | 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
Italy vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025