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Netherlands vs Taiwan: Military spending

Netherlands
18.59 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Taiwan
19.60 billion constant 2022 US$
in 2023
Netherlands rank
21st
Taiwan rank
20th

Military spending over time

  • Netherlands
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 19.60 billion constant 2022 US$ against 18.59 billion constant 2022 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 1.01 billion constant 2022 US$.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 21st and Taiwan ranks 20th 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.