Netherlands vs Vietnam
Netherlands vs Vietnam: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 824 million TIV in Netherlands and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 647 million TIV, or 4.66 times that in Vietnam.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Vietnam.
- In 2025, Netherlands ranked 12 and Vietnam ranked 38 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 | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 824 million | 177 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 333 million | 58 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 374 million | 45 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 725 million | 86 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 512 million | 235 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 575 million | 38 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 494 million | 166 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 139 million | 604 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 33 million | 783 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 69 million | 924 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 51 million | 869 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 8 million | 1.23 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 488 million | 360 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 190 million | 782 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 115 million | 1.02 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 171 million | 161 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 262 million | 61 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 147 million | 186 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 221 million | 8 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 304 million | 42 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 86 million | 221 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 130 million | 299 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 128 million | 22 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 247 million | 58 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 164 million | 97 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 123 million | 11 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 278 million | 168 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 269 million | 209 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 126 million | 111 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 203 million | 214 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 84 million | 273 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 205 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 140 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 237 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 322 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 273 million | 116 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 705 million | 128 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 393 million | 65 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 614 million | 50 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 792 million | 78 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 892 million | 28 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1.17 billion | 557 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.33 billion | 916 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 1.24 billion | 532 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 755 million | 1.07 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 645 million | 1.02 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 792 million | 1.25 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 717 million | 227 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 606 million | 42 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 285 million | 42 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 108 million | 493 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 40 million | 859 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | 1.28 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 650 million | 1.32 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 698 million | 1.2 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 699 million | 1.21 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 569 million | 909 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 288 million | 1.18 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 751 million | 1.1 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 204 million | 1.14 billion | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 815 million | 651 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.01 billion | 266 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 767 million | 107 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 294 million | 47 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 227 million | 95 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 255 million | 103 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Netherlands vs Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyNetherlands: 82.2 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNetherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNetherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNetherlands: 100% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionNetherlands: 4.03% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNetherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNetherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthNetherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNetherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNetherlands: 95.9% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageNetherlands: 41.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNetherlands: 20.2% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateNetherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNetherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNetherlands: $27B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personNetherlands: $1,582 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNetherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNetherlands: 41,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerNetherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNetherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsNetherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 10 million TIV in 2018