Singapore vs Netherlands
Singapore vs Netherlands: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.05% of GDP in Singapore and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 0.85 percentage points, or 1.39 times that in Netherlands.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Singapore ranked 27 and Netherlands ranked 48 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.05 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 1.94 |
| 2023 | 2.77 | 1.44 |
| 2022 | 2.36 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 2.52 | 1.37 |
| 2020 | 2.81 | 1.41 |
| 2019 | 2.77 | 1.29 |
| 2018 | 2.81 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2.97 | 1.14 |
| 2016 | 3.09 | 1.14 |
| 2015 | 3.05 | 1.12 |
| 2014 | 3.05 | 1.15 |
| 2013 | 3.04 | 1.16 |
| 2012 | 3.11 | 1.23 |
| 2011 | 3.19 | 1.28 |
| 2010 | 3.38 | 1.32 |
| 2009 | 3.88 | 1.39 |
| 2008 | 3.85 | 1.3 |
| 2007 | 3.6 | 1.35 |
| 2006 | 3.92 | 1.39 |
| 2005 | 4.28 | 1.39 |
| 2004 | 4.38 | 1.42 |
| 2003 | 4.84 | 1.44 |
| 2002 | 4.89 | 1.42 |
| 2001 | 4.8 | 1.44 |
| 2000 | 4.51 | 1.43 |
| 1999 | 5.21 | 1.57 |
| 1998 | 5.21 | 1.56 |
| 1997 | 4.45 | 1.64 |
| 1996 | 4.26 | 1.74 |
| 1995 | 4.18 | 1.77 |
| 1994 | 3.79 | 1.91 |
| 1993 | 4.09 | 2.03 |
| 1992 | 4.47 | 2.21 |
| 1991 | 4.45 | 2.25 |
| 1990 | 4.63 | 2.37 |
| 1989 | 4.49 | 2.52 |
| 1988 | 4.55 | 2.61 |
| 1987 | 4.87 | 2.71 |
| 1986 | 5.44 | 2.73 |
| 1985 | 5.66 | 2.77 |
| 1984 | 4.7 | 2.86 |
| 1983 | 4.07 | 2.85 |
| 1982 | 4.65 | 3.14 |
| 1981 | 4.74 | 2.86 |
| 1980 | 4.64 | 2.78 |
| 1979 | 4.65 | 2.84 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 2.75 |
| 1977 | 5.68 | 2.95 |
| 1976 | 5.04 | 2.69 |
| 1975 | 4.65 | 2.84 |
| 1974 | 4.29 | 2.65 |
| 1973 | 4.71 | 2.7 |
| 1972 | 5.09 | 2.82 |
| 1971 | 5.64 | 2.84 |
| 1970 | 5.4 | 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 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Singapore vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025