Netherlands
Military spending in US dollars in Netherlands
Military spending in US dollars in Netherlands: $4.26B in 1949 and $27B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $27B
- Since 1949
- +$22.7B
- Rank, 2025
- 18 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $27B |
| 2024 | $23.6B |
| 2023 | $17.2B |
| 2022 | $15.1B |
| 2021 | $15.6B |
| 2020 | $15.1B |
| 2019 | $14.2B |
| 2018 | $12.8B |
| 2017 | $11.8B |
| 2016 | $11.6B |
| 2015 | $11B |
| 2014 | $11.1B |
| 2013 | $11B |
| 2012 | $11.9B |
| 2011 | $12.6B |
| 2010 | $13.1B |
| 2009 | $13.6B |
| 2008 | $13.3B |
| 2007 | $13.6B |
| 2006 | $13.4B |
| 2005 | $12.8B |
| 2004 | $12.8B |
| 2003 | $12.7B |
| 2002 | $12.5B |
| 2001 | $12.5B |
| 2000 | $12.2B |
| 1999 | $12.7B |
| 1998 | $12.1B |
| 1997 | $12.1B |
| 1996 | $12.3B |
| 1995 | $12.2B |
| 1994 | $12.5B |
| 1993 | $13B |
| 1992 | $14.1B |
| 1991 | $14.2B |
| 1990 | $14.6B |
| 1989 | $15.1B |
| 1988 | $14.9B |
| 1987 | $15B |
| 1986 | $14.7B |
| 1985 | $14.5B |
| 1984 | $14.7B |
| 1983 | $14.4B |
| 1982 | $15.7B |
| 1981 | $14.6B |
| 1980 | $14.4B |
| 1979 | $14.8B |
| 1978 | $14B |
| 1977 | $14.5B |
| 1976 | $13B |
| 1975 | $13.2B |
| 1974 | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $12B |
| 1972 | $11.8B |
| 1971 | $11.4B |
| 1970 | $10.9B |
| 1969 | $10.7B |
| 1968 | $10.2B |
| 1967 | $10.3B |
| 1966 | $9.32B |
| 1965 | $9.6B |
| 1964 | $9.96B |
| 1963 | $9.13B |
| 1962 | $8.94B |
| 1961 | $8.42B |
| 1960 | $7.32B |
| 1959 | $6.52B |
| 1958 | $7.26B |
| 1957 | $8.26B |
| 1956 | $8.81B |
| 1955 | $8.22B |
| 1954 | $7.81B |
| 1953 | $6.82B |
| 1952 | $6.43B |
| 1951 | $5.44B |
| 1950 | $5.17B |
| 1949 | $4.26B |
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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- Military spending2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel41,000 people in 2020
- National power0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports601 million TIV in 2025