Spain vs Netherlands
Spain vs Netherlands: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 341 million TIV in Spain and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 260 million TIV, or 1.76 times that in Spain.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Spain.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 million | 601 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 606 million | 370 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 912 million | 250 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.01 billion | 324 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 676 million | 357 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 1.01 billion | 497 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 318 million | 304 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 705 million | 468 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 820 million | 1.14 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 481 million | 487 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 982 million | 469 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 962 million | 643 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 450 million | 384 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 266 million | 906 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 997 million | 541 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 273 million | 366 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 984 million | 504 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 626 million | 452 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 628 million | 1.23 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 898 million | 1.15 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 113 million | 496 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 54 million | 202 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 99 million | 331 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 18 million | 233 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 8 million | 199 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 47 million | 281 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 46 million | 355 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 174 million | 642 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 605 million | 619 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 112 million | 484 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 88 million | 458 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 253 million | 628 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 103 million | 458 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 70 million | 383 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 103 million | 455 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 116 million | 416 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 167 million | 558 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 136 million | 776 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 152 million | 506 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 197 million | 357 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 92 million | 180 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 244 million | 364 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 367 million | 457 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 263 million | 661 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 135 million | 801 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 10 million | 612 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 18 million | 243 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 38 million | 235 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 25 million | 444 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 46 million | 293 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 272 million | 148 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 82 million | 83 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | 203 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 18 million | 133 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 140 million | 155 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 70 million | 5 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 10 million | 107 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 12 million | 352 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 12 million | 95 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 26 million | 144 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 33 million | 40 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 12 million | 95 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 10 million | 43 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 10 million | 69 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 8 million | 105 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | 38 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Spain vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySpain: 83.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySpain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySpain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSpain: 99.6% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSpain: 3.54% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSpain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSpain: 47.9 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSpain: 0.02% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSpain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSpain: 80.5% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSpain: 44.9 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSpain: 20.7% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSpain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSpain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSpain: $37.7B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSpain: $839 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSpain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSpain: 199,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSpain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSpain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSpain: 237 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025