Philippines vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 22 million TIV, or 1.03 times that in Netherlands.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Netherlands.
In 2025, Philippines ranked 10 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	Philippines	Netherlands	World
2025	846 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	365 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	83 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	10 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	256 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	50 million	255 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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