South Korea vs Netherlands

South Korea vs Netherlands: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 2.6% of GDP in South Korea and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.41 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Netherlands.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

South Korea vs Netherlands: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 2.6% of GDP in South Korea and 2.2% of GDP in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.41 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Netherlands.
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What the numbers say

  • South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1956.
  • In 2025, South Korea ranked 34 and Netherlands ranked 48 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearSouth KoreaNetherlands
20252.62.2
20242.541.94
20232.61.44
20222.581.3
20212.621.37
20202.641.41
20192.521.29
20182.361.2
20172.31.14
20162.341.14
20152.381.12
20142.411.15
20132.391.16
20122.391.23
20112.371.28
20102.361.32
20092.51.39
20082.391.3
20072.271.35
20062.31.39
20052.281.39
20042.171.42
20032.181.44
20022.171.42
20012.281.44
20002.311.43
19992.491.57
19982.791.56
19972.661.64
19962.741.74
19952.891.77
19943.191.91
19933.422.03
19923.692.21
19913.712.25
199042.37
19894.292.52
19884.282.61
19874.472.71
19864.952.73
19855.232.77
19845.262.86
19835.732.85
19826.243.14
19816.422.86
19806.42.78
19795.532.84
19786.372.75
19776.042.95
19765.912.69
19754.882.84
19744.542.65
19734.042.7
19725.012.82
19714.742.84
19704.42.87
19694.693.23
19684.733.26
19674.693.52
19664.693.37
19654.413.57
19644.133.93
19634.824.01
19626.874.12
19616.734.09
19607.163.7
19597.644.02
19587.434.72
19576.85.32
19568.335.79
19556.24–
19545.85–
19532.36–
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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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