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.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 601 million 2025 | 469 million |
| United Kingdom | 702 million 2025 | 1.18 billion |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
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.
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