Netherlands vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 824 million TIV in Netherlands and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 79 million TIV, or 1.11 times that in United States.

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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 States.
In 2025, Netherlands ranked 12 and United States ranked 13 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 States	World
2025	824 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	333 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	374 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	725 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	512 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	575 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	494 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	139 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	33 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	69 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	51 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	8 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	488 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	190 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	115 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	171 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	262 million	939 million	24 billion
2008	147 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	221 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	304 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	86 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	130 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	128 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	247 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	164 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	123 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	278 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	269 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	126 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	203 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	84 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	205 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	140 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	237 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	322 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	273 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	705 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	393 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	614 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	792 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	892 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.17 billion	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.33 billion	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	1.24 billion	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	755 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	645 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	792 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	717 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	606 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	285 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	40 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	650 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	698 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	699 million	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	569 million	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	288 million	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	751 million	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	204 million	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	815 million	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.01 billion	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	767 million	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	294 million	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	227 million	198 million	15 billion
1960	255 million	181 million	15.7 billion

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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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