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Netherlands vs Singapore: Military spending

Netherlands
18.59 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Singapore
15.39 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Netherlands rank
21st
Singapore rank
24th

Military spending over time

  • Netherlands
  • Singapore
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 18.59 billion constant 2022 US$ against 15.39 billion constant 2022 US$ in Singapore, a difference of 3.20 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 21st and Singapore ranks 24th of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military spending
Unit
constant 2022 US$
Source
Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
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This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.