Arms imports in Netherlands

Arms imports in Netherlands: 255 million TIV in 1960 and 824 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025: 824 million TIV
Since 1960: +569 million TIV
Rank, 2025: 12 of 110; counting from the highest
World, 2025: 33.3 billion TIV

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 1.33 billion TIV in 1983, the lowest 8 million TIV in 2014.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Netherlands	World
2025	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	725 million	33 billion
2021	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	8 million	27 billion
2013	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	262 million	24 billion
2008	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	84 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	28.6 billion
1989	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	755 million	42 billion
1980	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	606 million	37 billion
1976	285 million	33 billion
1975	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	227 million	15 billion
1960	255 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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