Tanzania vs Netherlands
Tanzania vs Netherlands: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $15 in Tanzania and $1,582 in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by $1,567, or 110 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Tanzania | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15 | $1,582 |
| 2024 | $14 | $1,298 |
| 2023 | $15 | $923 |
| 2022 | $14 | $766 |
| 2021 | $12 | $815 |
| 2020 | $11 | $743 |
| 2019 | $11 | $687 |
| 2018 | $11 | $640 |
| 2017 | $10 | $555 |
| 2016 | $10 | $532 |
| 2015 | $10 | $508 |
| 2014 | $10 | $608 |
| 2013 | $9 | $604 |
| 2012 | $8 | $614 |
| 2011 | $7 | $693 |
| 2010 | $6 | $671 |
| 2009 | $5 | $729 |
| 2008 | $5 | $748 |
| 2007 | $4 | $696 |
| 2006 | $4 | $620 |
| 2005 | $4 | $582 |
| 2004 | $3 | $572 |
| 2003 | $3 | $512 |
| 2002 | $4 | $414 |
| 2001 | $4 | $385 |
| 2000 | $4 | $373 |
| 1999 | $4 | $442 |
| 1998 | $4 | $434 |
| 1997 | $4 | $436 |
| 1996 | $3 | $502 |
| 1995 | $3 | $516 |
| 1994 | $2 | $462 |
| 1993 | $2 | $460 |
| 1992 | $4 | $520 |
| 1991 | $4 | $480 |
| 1990 | $3 | $496 |
| 1989 | $4 | $430 |
| 1988 | $5 | $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
Tanzania vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTanzania: 11.3% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025