Switzerland vs Netherlands
Switzerland vs Netherlands: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $849 in Switzerland and $1,582 in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $733, or 1.86 times that in Switzerland.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Switzerland.
- In 2025, Switzerland ranked 27 and Netherlands ranked 9 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Switzerland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $849 | $1,582 |
| 2024 | $735 | $1,298 |
| 2023 | $714 | $923 |
| 2022 | $647 | $766 |
| 2021 | $633 | $815 |
| 2020 | $666 | $743 |
| 2019 | $588 | $687 |
| 2018 | $558 | $640 |
| 2017 | $550 | $555 |
| 2016 | $549 | $532 |
| 2015 | $549 | $508 |
| 2014 | $567 | $608 |
| 2013 | $626 | $604 |
| 2012 | $577 | $614 |
| 2011 | $632 | $693 |
| 2010 | $529 | $671 |
| 2009 | $527 | $729 |
| 2008 | $540 | $748 |
| 2007 | $470 | $696 |
| 2006 | $447 | $620 |
| 2005 | $470 | $582 |
| 2004 | $476 | $572 |
| 2003 | $448 | $512 |
| 2002 | $398 | $414 |
| 2001 | $384 | $385 |
| 2000 | $391 | $373 |
| 1999 | $442 | $442 |
| 1998 | $492 | $434 |
| 1997 | $494 | $436 |
| 1996 | $600 | $502 |
| 1995 | $662 | $516 |
| 1994 | $560 | $462 |
| 1993 | $523 | $460 |
| 1992 | $605 | $520 |
| 1991 | $595 | $480 |
| 1990 | $608 | $496 |
| 1989 | $466 | $430 |
| 1988 | $499 | $455 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Netherlands: $27B 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