Netherlands vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 824 million TIV in Netherlands and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 215 million TIV, or 1.35 times that in United Kingdom.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2025, when it overtook United Kingdom.
In 2025, Netherlands ranked 12 and United Kingdom ranked 16 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	824 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	333 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	374 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	725 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	512 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	575 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	494 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	139 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	33 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	69 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	51 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	8 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	488 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	190 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	115 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	171 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	262 million	381 million	24 billion
2008	147 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	221 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	304 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	86 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	130 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	128 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	247 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	164 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	123 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	278 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	269 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	126 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	203 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	84 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	205 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	140 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	237 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	322 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	273 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	705 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	393 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	614 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	792 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	892 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.17 billion	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.33 billion	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.24 billion	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	755 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	645 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	792 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	717 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	606 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	285 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	40 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	650 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	698 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	699 million	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	569 million	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	288 million	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	751 million	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	204 million	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	815 million	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.01 billion	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	767 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	294 million	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	227 million	34 million	15 billion
1960	255 million	26 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.

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