World Bank · Public Sector
Netherlands: Military expenditure (current LCU)
25.66Bcurrent LCU · 2025+228.3% since 2015
Military expenditure in local currency at current prices (by calendar year) Annual figures for Netherlands from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current LCU) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25,658,000,000 | |
| 2024 | 21,783,000,000 | |
| 2023 | 15,388,500,000 | |
| 2022 | 12,961,400,000 | |
| 2021 | 12,173,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 11,480,100,000 | |
| 2019 | 10,719,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 9,416,900,000 | |
| 2017 | 8,538,900,000 | |
| 2016 | 8,242,400,000 | |
| 2015 | 7,815,800,000 | |
| 2014 | 7,788,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 7,702,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 8,066,800,000 | |
| 2011 | 8,379,000,000 | |
| 2010 | 8,472,000,000 | |
| 2009 | 8,733,000,000 | |
| 2008 | 8,448,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 8,388,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 8,145,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 7,693,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 7,552,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 7,404,000,000 | |
| 2002 | 7,149,000,000 | |
| 2001 | 6,929,000,000 | |
| 2000 | 6,481,800,000 | |
| 1999 | 6,595,200,000 | |
| 1998 | 6,153,700,000 | |
| 1997 | 6,055,700,000 | |
| 1996 | 5,989,400,000 | |
| 1995 | 5,837,400,000 | |
| 1994 | 5,894,600,000 | |
| 1993 | 5,945,900,000 | |
| 1992 | 6,307,500,000 | |
| 1991 | 6,147,800,000 | |
| 1990 | 6,131,900,000 | |
| 1989 | 6,158,300,000 | |
| 1988 | 6,035,300,000 | |
| 1987 | 6,014,400,000 | |
| 1986 | 5,949,100,000 | |
| 1985 | 5,854,200,000 | |
| 1984 | 5,791,100,000 | |
| 1983 | 5,512,980,000 | |
| 1982 | 5,851,900,000 | |
| 1981 | 5,125,900,000 | |
| 1980 | 4,753,800,000 | |
| 1979 | 4,586,000,000 | |
| 1978 | 4,150,000,000 | |
| 1977 | 4,126,000,000 | |
| 1976 | 3,477,000,000 | |
| 1975 | 3,230,000,000 | |
| 1974 | 2,788,000,000 | |
| 1973 | 2,432,000,000 | |
| 1972 | 2,217,000,000 | |
| 1971 | 1,994,000,000 | |
| 1970 | 1,774,000,000 | |
| 1969 | 1,671,000,000 | |
| 1968 | 1,488,000,000 | |
| 1967 | 1,452,000,000 | |
| 1966 | 1,266,000,000 | |
| 1965 | 1,232,000,000 | |
| 1964 | 1,208,000,000 | |
| 1963 | 1,047,000,000 | |
| 1962 | 991,960,000 | |
| 1961 | 913,500,000 | |
| 1960 | 784,100,000 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by SIPRI. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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