Spain vs Netherlands
Spain vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $37.7B in Spain and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $10.7B, or 1.4 times that in Netherlands.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 1978, when it overtook Netherlands.
- In 2025, Spain ranked 15 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Spain | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $37.7B | $27B |
| 2024 | $25.2B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $25.6B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $22.7B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $21.1B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $19.7B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $19.7B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $19.5B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $18.8B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $17B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $18.3B | $11B |
| 2014 | $17.2B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $17.2B | $11B |
| 2012 | $19.8B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $19.5B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $21.2B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $21.1B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $21.9B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $22.1B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $21.3B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $20.6B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $20.3B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $19.5B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $19.2B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $20.7B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $20.9B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $20.2B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $18.4B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $17.5B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $17.7B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $18.3B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $18.2B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $18B | $13B |
| 1992 | $18.4B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $18.9B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $19.7B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $19.4B | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $19.5B | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $19.3B | $15B |
| 1986 | $18.2B | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $19.5B | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $19.2B | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $18.7B | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $16.7B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $16.1B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $15.9B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $15.3B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $14.3B | $14B |
| 1977 | $13.7B | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $13.5B | $13B |
| 1975 | $11.4B | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $12.5B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $11.3B | $12B |
| 1972 | $11.5B | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $9.62B | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $10B | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $9.93B | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $8.41B | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $6.35B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $6.76B | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $5.62B | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $5.6B | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $4.9B | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $5.2B | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $4.26B | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $4.23B | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $3.52B | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $3.7B | $7.26B |
| 1957 | $4.21B | $8.26B |
| 1956 | $4.03B | $8.81B |
| 1955 | $3.8B | $8.22B |
| 1954 | $3.51B | $7.81B |
| 1953 | $3.49B | $6.82B |
| 1952 | $3.56B | $6.43B |
| 1951 | $2.81B | $5.44B |
| 1950 | $2.97B | $5.17B |
| 1949 | $3.17B | $4.26B |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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
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 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
- Arms exportsSpain: 341 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025