Spain vs Netherlands

Spain vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 587 million TIV, or 3.48 times that in Spain.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Spain vs Netherlands: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 237 million TIV in Spain and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 587 million TIV, or 3.48 times that in Spain.
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What the numbers say

  • Netherlands has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Spain.
  • In 2025, Spain ranked 33 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

YearSpainNetherlandsWorld
2025237 million824 million33.3 billion
2024159 million333 million30.6 billion
2023159 million374 million29.5 billion
2022198 million725 million33 billion
2021134 million512 million26.8 billion
202070 million575 million23.4 billion
201935 million494 million26.9 billion
2018149 million139 million27.3 billion
201782 million33 million31.2 billion
2016104 million69 million31.4 billion
2015152 million51 million28.7 billion
2014109 million8 million27 billion
2013155 million488 million27.4 billion
2012219 million190 million27.9 billion
2011166 million115 million29.9 billion
2010272 million171 million25.8 billion
2009228 million262 million24 billion
2008347 million147 million24.1 billion
2007343 million221 million26.5 billion
2006312 million304 million24.4 billion
2005358 million86 million21.3 billion
2004288 million130 million21.3 billion
2003239 million128 million19.2 billion
2002266 million247 million17.7 billion
2001140 million164 million18.3 billion
2000315 million123 million20.5 billion
1999357 million278 million25.3 billion
199882 million269 million27.9 billion
1997192 million126 million28.9 billion
1996395 million203 million23.7 billion
1995355 million84 million22.9 billion
1994838 million205 million22.8 billion
1993299 million140 million25.8 billion
1992207 million237 million24.3 billion
1991109 million322 million27.8 billion
1990691 million273 million28.6 billion
1989835 million705 million31.7 billion
19881.95 billion393 million32.9 billion
19871.08 billion614 million36.2 billion
19861.08 billion792 million35.5 billion
1985327 million892 million33.2 billion
198481 million1.17 billion36.8 billion
1983614 million1.33 billion39.1 billion
1982512 million1.24 billion41.4 billion
1981636 million755 million42 billion
1980689 million645 million37.4 billion
1979650 million792 million33.3 billion
1978432 million717 million39.2 billion
1977312 million606 million37 billion
1976831 million285 million33 billion
19751.16 billion108 million34.2 billion
1974557 million40 million32.9 billion
1973895 million21 million32.6 billion
1972793 million650 million28.7 billion
1971637 million698 million29.3 billion
1970234 million699 million22.1 billion
1969181 million569 million24.7 billion
1968133 million288 million22.4 billion
1967303 million751 million22.1 billion
1966307 million204 million22.4 billion
1965382 million815 million23.1 billion
196451 million1.01 billion24.2 billion
196315 million767 million18.1 billion
196255 million294 million15.5 billion
1961103 million227 million15 billion
1960214 million255 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • 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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