Switzerland vs Netherlands
Switzerland vs Netherlands: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $7.15B in Switzerland and $27B in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $19.8B, or 3.78 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1957.
- In 2025, Switzerland ranked 38 and Netherlands ranked 18 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.15B | $27B |
| 2024 | $6.54B | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $6.51B | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $6.33B | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $6.04B | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $6.53B | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $6.01B | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $5.6B | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $5.56B | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $5.52B | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $5.31B | $11B |
| 2014 | $5.1B | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $5.63B | $11B |
| 2012 | $5.18B | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $5.28B | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $5.14B | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $5.33B | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $5.33B | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $5.2B | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $5.17B | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $5.43B | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $5.52B | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $5.62B | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $5.77B | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $6.03B | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $6.18B | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $6.27B | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $6.77B | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $6.79B | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $7.05B | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $7.45B | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $7.36B | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $7.43B | $13B |
| 1992 | $8.36B | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $8.61B | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $8.92B | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $8.41B | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $8.25B | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $7.9B | $15B |
| 1986 | $8.21B | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $8.66B | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $7.87B | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $7.79B | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $7.69B | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $7.38B | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $7.39B | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $7.43B | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $7.11B | $14B |
| 1977 | $7.1B | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $7.49B | $13B |
| 1975 | $6.61B | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $7.01B | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $7.03B | $12B |
| 1972 | $7.26B | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $7.12B | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $6.85B | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $6.66B | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $6.24B | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $6.55B | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $6.72B | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $6.39B | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $6.34B | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $5.85B | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $5.62B | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $5.08B | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $4.36B | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $4.66B | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $4.81B | $7.26B |
| 1957 | $4.51B | $8.26B |
| 1956 | – | $8.81B |
| 1955 | – | $8.22B |
| 1954 | – | $7.81B |
| 1953 | – | $6.82B |
| 1952 | – | $6.43B |
| 1951 | – | $5.44B |
| 1950 | – | $5.17B |
| 1949 | – | $4.26B |
- Estimate
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
Switzerland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySwitzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025