Netherlands vs Türkiye
Netherlands vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 601 million TIV in Netherlands and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 62 million TIV, or 1.12 times that in Türkiye.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Türkiye.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Netherlands | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 601 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 370 million | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 250 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 324 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 497 million | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 304 million | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 468 million | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.14 billion | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 487 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 469 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 643 million | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 384 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 906 million | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 541 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 366 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 504 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 452 million | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 1.23 billion | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.15 billion | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 496 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 202 million | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 331 million | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 233 million | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 199 million | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 281 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 355 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 642 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 619 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 484 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 458 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 628 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 458 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 383 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 455 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 416 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 558 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 776 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 506 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 357 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 180 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 364 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 457 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 661 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 801 million | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 612 million | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 243 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 235 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 444 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 293 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 148 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 83 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 203 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 133 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 155 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 5 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 107 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 352 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 95 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 144 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 40 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 95 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 43 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 69 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 105 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 38 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Netherlands vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancyNetherlands: 82.2 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNetherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNetherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNetherlands: 4.03% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateNetherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNetherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthNetherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNetherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNetherlands: 95.9% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageNetherlands: 41.4 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNetherlands: 20.2% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateNetherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNetherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNetherlands: $27B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personNetherlands: $1,582 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNetherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNetherlands: 41,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerNetherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNetherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNetherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025