Netherlands vs United Kingdom: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 601 million TIV in Netherlands and 702 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 101 million TIV, or 1.17 times that in Netherlands.

Watch it change on the map

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

NetherlandsUnited KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Netherlands.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Netherlands	United Kingdom	World
2025	601 million	702 million	33.5 billion
2024	370 million	884 million	30.7 billion
2023	250 million	1.32 billion	29.5 billion
2022	324 million	1.74 billion	33.3 billion
2021	357 million	639 million	27.1 billion
2020	497 million	652 million	24.1 billion
2019	304 million	886 million	27 billion
2018	468 million	682 million	27.4 billion
2017	1.14 billion	1.1 billion	31.3 billion
2016	487 million	1.34 billion	31.5 billion
2015	469 million	1.18 billion	28.7 billion
2014	643 million	1.66 billion	27.1 billion
2013	384 million	1.51 billion	27.4 billion
2012	906 million	813 million	27.9 billion
2011	541 million	1 billion	29.9 billion
2010	366 million	1.15 billion	25.8 billion
2009	504 million	1.07 billion	24.4 billion
2008	452 million	931 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.23 billion	924 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.15 billion	957 million	24.5 billion
2005	496 million	990 million	21.4 billion
2004	202 million	1.23 billion	21.3 billion
2003	331 million	769 million	19.2 billion
2002	233 million	1.08 billion	17.7 billion
2001	199 million	1.35 billion	18.5 billion
2000	281 million	1.62 billion	20.5 billion
1999	355 million	1.32 billion	25.4 billion
1998	642 million	1.4 billion	27.9 billion
1997	619 million	2.36 billion	28.9 billion
1996	484 million	1.62 billion	23.7 billion
1995	458 million	1.46 billion	22.9 billion
1994	628 million	1.53 billion	23 billion
1993	458 million	1.38 billion	25.8 billion
1992	383 million	1.09 billion	24.3 billion
1991	455 million	1.53 billion	28.2 billion
1990	416 million	1.84 billion	30.2 billion
1989	558 million	3.5 billion	34.9 billion
1988	776 million	2.53 billion	36.8 billion
1987	506 million	3.6 billion	39.4 billion
1986	357 million	1.99 billion	39 billion
1985	180 million	2.14 billion	38.2 billion
1984	364 million	2.53 billion	41.6 billion
1983	457 million	2.54 billion	43.9 billion
1982	661 million	2.52 billion	46.2 billion
1981	801 million	2.36 billion	45.8 billion
1980	612 million	1.57 billion	42.2 billion
1979	243 million	1.54 billion	38.4 billion
1978	235 million	2.21 billion	42.4 billion
1977	444 million	2.2 billion	40 billion
1976	293 million	2.52 billion	36 billion
1975	148 million	2.23 billion	37.2 billion
1974	83 million	2.25 billion	36.6 billion
1973	203 million	2.79 billion	36.3 billion
1972	133 million	2.68 billion	34.5 billion
1971	155 million	2.35 billion	32.9 billion
1970	5 million	982 million	25.3 billion
1969	107 million	1.62 billion	28.1 billion
1968	352 million	1.68 billion	26.1 billion
1967	95 million	1.88 billion	25.6 billion
1966	144 million	1.42 billion	25.8 billion
1965	40 million	1.5 billion	25.8 billion
1964	95 million	1.41 billion	26.7 billion
1963	43 million	1.24 billion	20.3 billion
1962	69 million	1.07 billion	17.5 billion
1961	105 million	1.4 billion	16.4 billion
1960	38 million	2.19 billion	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 United Kingdom

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsNetherlands: 0 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022