Thailand vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 33 million TIV in Thailand and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 791 million TIV, or 25 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Thailand.
In 2025, Thailand ranked 60 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

Year	Thailand	Netherlands	World
2025	33 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	73 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	290 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	271 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	151 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	141 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	293 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	636 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	317 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	346 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	184 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	107 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	383 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	278 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	252 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	60 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	63 million	262 million	24 billion
2008	16 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	8 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	99 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	115 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	138 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	131 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	152 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	109 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	77 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	160 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	62 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	910 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	741 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	530 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	608 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	182 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	429 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	575 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	235 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	284 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	623 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	539 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	162 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	185 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	360 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	247 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	81 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	350 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	318 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	326 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	192 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	111 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	154 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	90 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	114 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	321 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	147 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	243 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	258 million	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	121 million	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	88 million	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	140 million	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	58 million	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	87 million	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	84 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	111 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	113 million	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	52 million	227 million	15 billion
1960	28 million	255 million	15.7 billion

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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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