Australia vs Netherlands: Military spending

Australia

35.26 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Netherlands

27.00 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Australia rank

17th

Netherlands rank

19th

Military spending over time

Australia
Netherlands

How they compare

Australia currently reports 35.26 billion constant 2024 US$ against 27.00 billion constant 2024 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 8.27 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Netherlands ranks 19th of 162 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.