Netherlands
Military spending per person in Netherlands
Military spending per person in Netherlands: $455 in 1988 and $1,582 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1,582
- Since 1988
- +$1,127
- Rank, 2025
- 9 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1,582 in 2025, the lowest $373 in 2000.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,582 |
| 2024 | $1,298 |
| 2023 | $923 |
| 2022 | $766 |
| 2021 | $815 |
| 2020 | $743 |
| 2019 | $687 |
| 2018 | $640 |
| 2017 | $555 |
| 2016 | $532 |
| 2015 | $508 |
| 2014 | $608 |
| 2013 | $604 |
| 2012 | $614 |
| 2011 | $693 |
| 2010 | $671 |
| 2009 | $729 |
| 2008 | $748 |
| 2007 | $696 |
| 2006 | $620 |
| 2005 | $582 |
| 2004 | $572 |
| 2003 | $512 |
| 2002 | $414 |
| 2001 | $385 |
| 2000 | $373 |
| 1999 | $442 |
| 1998 | $434 |
| 1997 | $436 |
| 1996 | $502 |
| 1995 | $516 |
| 1994 | $462 |
| 1993 | $460 |
| 1992 | $520 |
| 1991 | $480 |
| 1990 | $496 |
| 1989 | $430 |
| 1988 | $455 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 in US dollars$27B 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