Saudi Arabia vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.22 billion TIV, or 3.69 times that in Netherlands.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Netherlands.
In 2025, Saudi Arabia ranked 1 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	Saudi Arabia	Netherlands	World
2025	3.04 billion	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	725 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	8 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	389 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	755 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	606 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	6 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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