Brazil vs Netherlands: Military spending

Brazil

23.64 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Netherlands

27.00 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Brazil rank

22nd

Netherlands rank

19th

Military spending over time

Brazil
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 27.00 billion constant 2024 US$ against 23.64 billion constant 2024 US$ in Brazil, a difference of 3.36 billion constant 2024 US$.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Netherlands ahead.

Brazil ranks 22nd 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.