Poland vs Netherlands

Poland vs Netherlands: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 4.5% of GDP in Poland and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.3 percentage points, or 2.05 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Poland vs Netherlands: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 4.5% of GDP in Poland and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.3 percentage points, or 2.05 times that in Netherlands.
PolandNetherlandsSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Poland has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Netherlands.
  • In 2025, Poland ranked 11 and Netherlands ranked 48 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearPolandNetherlands
20254.52.2
20243.761.94
20233.261.44
20222.211.3
20212.221.37
20202.261.41
20191.951.29
20182.031.2
20171.891.14
20161.941.14
20152.131.12
20141.911.15
20131.791.16
20121.81.23
20111.791.28
20101.841.32
20091.791.39
20081.751.3
200721.35
20061.911.39
20051.921.39
20041.871.42
20031.91.44
20021.891.42
20011.891.44
20001.821.43
19991.891.57
19981.991.56
199721.64
19961.921.74
19951.91.77
19942.271.91
19932.472.03
19922.232.21
19912.252.25
19902.612.37
19891.822.52
19882.592.61
19872.762.71
19862.942.73
19853.022.77
19843.062.86
19832.92.85
19823.253.14
19812.912.86
19802.652.78
1979–2.84
1978–2.75
1977–2.95
1976–2.69
1975–2.84
1974–2.65
1973–2.7
1972–2.82
1971–2.84
1970–2.87
1969–3.23
1968–3.26
1967–3.52
1966–3.37
1965–3.57
1964–3.93
1963–4.01
1962–4.12
1961–4.09
1960–3.7
1959–4.02
1958–4.72
1957–5.32
1956–5.79
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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