Netherlands vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $27B in Netherlands and $929B in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $902B, or 34 times that in Netherlands.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | $27B 2025 | $11B | 18 of 151 |
| United States | $929B 2025 | $839B | 1 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2025, Netherlands ranked 18 and United States ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Netherlands | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $27B | $929B |
| 2024 | $23.6B | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $17.2B | $943B |
| 2022 | $15.1B | $923B |
| 2021 | $15.6B | $933B |
| 2020 | $15.1B | $943B |
| 2019 | $14.2B | $901B |
| 2018 | $12.8B | $853B |
| 2017 | $11.8B | $828B |
| 2016 | $11.6B | $836B |
| 2015 | $11B | $839B |
| 2014 | $11.1B | $858B |
| 2013 | $11B | $915B |
| 2012 | $11.9B | $991B |
| 2011 | $12.6B | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $13.1B | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $13.6B | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $13.3B | $957B |
| 2007 | $13.6B | $892B |
| 2006 | $13.4B | $869B |
| 2005 | $12.8B | $857B |
| 2004 | $12.8B | $819B |
| 2003 | $12.7B | $751B |
| 2002 | $12.5B | $660B |
| 2001 | $12.5B | $588B |
| 2000 | $12.2B | $583B |
| 1999 | $12.7B | $561B |
| 1998 | $12.1B | $560B |
| 1997 | $12.1B | $573B |
| 1996 | $12.3B | $576B |
| 1995 | $12.2B | $609B |
| 1994 | $12.5B | $652B |
| 1993 | $13B | $688B |
| 1992 | $14.1B | $727B |
| 1991 | $14.2B | $690B |
| 1990 | $14.6B | $781B |
| 1989 | $15.1B | $815B |
| 1988 | $14.9B | $821B |
| 1987 | $15B | $839B |
| 1986 | $14.7B | $846B |
| 1985 | $14.5B | $793B |
| 1984 | $14.7B | $740B |
| 1983 | $14.4B | $704B |
| 1982 | $15.7B | $721B |
| 1981 | $14.6B | $609B |
| 1980 | $14.4B | $547B |
| 1979 | $14.8B | $548B |
| 1978 | $14B | $545B |
| 1977 | $14.5B | $542B |
| 1976 | $13B | $522B |
| 1975 | $13.2B | $537B |
| 1974 | $12.5B | $568B |
| 1973 | $12B | $575B |
| 1972 | $11.8B | $605B |
| 1971 | $11.4B | $606B |
| 1970 | $10.9B | $674B |
| 1969 | $10.7B | $727B |
| 1968 | $10.2B | $761B |
| 1967 | $10.3B | $737B |
| 1966 | $9.32B | $642B |
| 1965 | $9.6B | $543B |
| 1964 | $9.96B | $540B |
| 1963 | $9.13B | $559B |
| 1962 | $8.94B | $567B |
| 1961 | $8.42B | $523B |
| 1960 | $7.32B | $502B |
| 1959 | $6.52B | $515B |
| 1958 | $7.26B | $511B |
| 1957 | $8.26B | $514B |
| 1956 | $8.81B | $500B |
| 1955 | $8.22B | $493B |
| 1954 | $7.81B | $521B |
| 1953 | $6.82B | $604B |
| 1952 | $6.43B | $587B |
| 1951 | $5.44B | $416B |
| 1950 | $5.17B | $195B |
| 1949 | $4.26B | $181B |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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