Pakistan vs Netherlands
Pakistan vs Netherlands: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 706 million TIV in Pakistan and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 118 million TIV, or 1.17 times that in Pakistan.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Pakistan.
- In 2025, Pakistan ranked 14 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 | Pakistan | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 706 million | 824 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.07 billion | 333 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 2.2 billion | 374 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.53 billion | 725 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 984 million | 512 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 624 million | 575 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 654 million | 494 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 893 million | 139 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 870 million | 33 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 872 million | 69 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 771 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 877 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 1.11 billion | 488 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.02 billion | 190 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1.18 billion | 115 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.23 billion | 171 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.2 billion | 262 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.07 billion | 147 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 693 million | 221 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 324 million | 304 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 427 million | 86 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 471 million | 130 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 645 million | 128 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 566 million | 247 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 412 million | 164 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 175 million | 123 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 867 million | 278 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 699 million | 269 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 691 million | 126 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 506 million | 203 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 368 million | 84 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 862 million | 205 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 992 million | 140 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 352 million | 237 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 511 million | 322 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 635 million | 273 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 974 million | 705 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 412 million | 393 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 617 million | 614 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 280 million | 792 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 751 million | 892 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 863 million | 1.17 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 784 million | 1.33 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 544 million | 1.24 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 491 million | 755 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 900 million | 645 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 697 million | 792 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 655 million | 717 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 271 million | 606 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 276 million | 285 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 223 million | 108 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 225 million | 40 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 177 million | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 664 million | 650 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 553 million | 698 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 422 million | 699 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 542 million | 569 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 415 million | 288 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 151 million | 751 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 592 million | 204 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 222 million | 815 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 96 million | 1.01 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 225 million | 767 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 84 million | 294 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 41 million | 227 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 46 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
Pakistan vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025