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Netherlands vs Spain: Military spending

Netherlands
18.59 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Spain
26.09 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Netherlands rank
21st
Spain rank
18th

Military spending over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 26.09 billion constant 2022 US$ against 18.59 billion constant 2022 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 7.50 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.4 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 204 shared years of data; in 1816 it was Spain ahead.

Netherlands ranks 21st and Spain ranks 18th 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
Last refreshed

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.