Poland vs Netherlands
Poland vs Netherlands: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 59 million TIV in Poland and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 542 million TIV, or 10 times that in Poland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Poland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 million | 601 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 145 million | 370 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 576 million | 250 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 707 million | 324 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3 million | 357 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 0 | 497 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 10 million | 304 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 11 million | 468 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 8 million | 1.14 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 487 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2 million | 469 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 33 million | 643 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 147 million | 384 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 31 million | 906 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 8 million | 541 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 28 million | 366 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 75 million | 504 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 73 million | 452 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 163 million | 1.23 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 282 million | 1.15 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 18 million | 496 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 47 million | 202 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 83 million | 331 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 56 million | 233 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 81 million | 199 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 281 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 65 million | 355 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 642 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 23 million | 619 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 57 million | 484 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 179 million | 458 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 133 million | 628 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 458 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 57 million | 383 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 62 million | 455 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 112 million | 416 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 20 million | 558 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 232 million | 776 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 222 million | 506 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 265 million | 357 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 131 million | 180 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 91 million | 364 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 134 million | 457 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 230 million | 661 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 365 million | 801 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 226 million | 612 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 247 million | 243 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 336 million | 235 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 400 million | 444 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 425 million | 293 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 316 million | 148 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 249 million | 83 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 158 million | 203 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 276 million | 133 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 278 million | 155 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 268 million | 5 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 323 million | 107 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | 352 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 309 million | 95 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 319 million | 144 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 234 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 237 million | 95 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 111 million | 43 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 7 million | 69 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 105 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 0 | 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
Poland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPoland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025