Netherlands vs Ukraine
Netherlands vs Ukraine: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 824 million TIV in Netherlands and 2.26 billion TIV in Ukraine, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.44 billion TIV, or 2.75 times that in Netherlands.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Netherlands.
- In 2025, Netherlands ranked 12 and Ukraine ranked 3 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 | Netherlands | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 824 million | 2.26 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 333 million | 5.34 billion | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 374 million | 4.29 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 725 million | 2.97 billion | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 512 million | 44 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 575 million | 18 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 494 million | 31 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 139 million | 67 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 33 million | 4 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 69 million | 5 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 51 million | 22 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 8 million | 1 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 488 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 190 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 115 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 171 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 262 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 147 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 221 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 304 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 86 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 130 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 128 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 247 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 164 million | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 123 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 278 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 269 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 126 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 203 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 84 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 205 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 140 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 237 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 322 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 273 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 705 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 393 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 614 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 792 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 892 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.17 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.33 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1.24 billion | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 755 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 645 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 792 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 717 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 606 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 285 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 108 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 40 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 650 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 698 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 699 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 569 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 751 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 204 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 815 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.01 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 767 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 294 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 227 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 255 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Netherlands vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancyNetherlands: 82.2 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNetherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ukraine: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNetherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNetherlands: 100% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionNetherlands: 4.03% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateNetherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNetherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthNetherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNetherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNetherlands: 95.9% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageNetherlands: 41.4 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNetherlands: 20.2% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNetherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNetherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNetherlands: $27B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personNetherlands: $1,582 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNetherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNetherlands: 41,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerNetherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNetherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsNetherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025