Portugal vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 90 million TIV in Portugal and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 734 million TIV, or 9.16 times that in Portugal.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Portugal.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Portugal	Netherlands	World
2025	90 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	61 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	67 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	725 million	33 billion
2021	6 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	45 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	44 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	8 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	21 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	1 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	3 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	11 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	42 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	170 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	891 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	371 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	145 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	60 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	220 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	158 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	70 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	29 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	–	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	18 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	2 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	3 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	16 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	2 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	9 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	20 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	453 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	350 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	19 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.01 billion	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	74 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	149 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	90 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	9 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	3 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	154 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	109 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	12 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	192 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	57 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	36 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	7 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	130 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	94 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	64 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	327 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	118 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	17 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	17 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	267 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	371 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	339 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	371 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	286 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	244 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	39 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	46 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	41 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	28 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	157 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	35 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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