Poland vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 1.35 billion TIV, or 2.63 times that in Netherlands.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Netherlands.
In 2025, Poland ranked 4 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	Poland	Netherlands	World
2025	2.17 billion	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.54 billion	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.39 billion	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	414 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	68 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	153 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	213 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	50 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	126 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	45 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	127 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	275 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	146 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	227 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	141 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	174 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	193 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	633 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	969 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	442 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	105 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	223 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	347 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	253 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	31 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	146 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	23 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	–	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	101 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	250 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	74 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	4 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	100 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	76 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	226 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	501 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	903 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.04 billion	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.39 billion	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	925 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	466 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	536 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	709 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	804 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	1.12 billion	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.19 billion	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.19 billion	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	1.1 billion	285 million	33 billion
1975	887 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.06 billion	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.11 billion	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	958 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.01 billion	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	859 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	992 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	927 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	781 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	1 billion	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.57 billion	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	1.02 billion	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	864 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	889 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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