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Netherlands

Europe & Central Asia · Amsterdam

Rank #44 of 173

57.8Strength score

Photos

Graf van soldaat G. van Dijk (geb. 8-11-1925) gesneuveld bij Tjimahi op 27-8-194, Bestanddeelnr 60-2-3
Graf van soldaat G. van Dijk (geb. 8-11-1925) gesneuveld bij Tjimahi op 27-8-194, Bestanddeelnr 60-2-3Fotograaf Onbekend / DLC · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
A923 Van Bochove (01)
A923 Van Bochove (01)S.J. de Waard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
U S Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron integrate with the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands (7480158)
U S Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron integrate with the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands (7480158)U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Danielle Sukhlall · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance87
  • Air power50
  • Manpower71
  • Land forces51
  • Naval power52
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$28.9B #19
Budget as % of GDP
2.19% #61
Spending per person
$1,600 #11
GDP
$1.33T #18
Population
18,087,633 #71

Manpower

Active personnel
33,650 #86
Reserve personnel
6,350 #38
Paramilitary
6,800 #39
Total personnel
46,800 #76

Land forces

Tanks
18 #45
Armoured vehicles
343 #31
Self-propelled artillery
46 #37
Towed artillery
—
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
4 #40

Air power

Total aircraft
159 #44
Fighter jets
52 #37
Attack aircraft & bombers
—
Transport aircraft
5 #47
Helicopters
67 #41
Attack helicopters
—

Naval power

Total naval vessels
12 #45
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
—
Submarines
3 #30
Destroyers
—
Frigates
5 #29
Corvettes
0
Patrol vessels
4 #44

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Netherlands uses (5)

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Hawker HurricaneHawker HurricaneFighter aircraft Browning Hi-PowerBrowning Hi-PowerPistols Curtiss P-36 HawkCurtiss P-36 HawkFighter aircraft Airco DH.9Airco DH.9Bombers Colt Canada C7Colt Canada C7Assault rifles

Weapons made in Netherlands (40)

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Fokker C.XFokker C.XBombers Fokker T.VFokker T.VBombers Sigma-class corvetteSigma-class corvetteCorvettes Fokker D.XXIIIFokker D.XXIIIFighter aircraft Fokker C.IFokker C.IReconnaissance aircraft Holland-class offshore patrol vesselHolland-class offshore patrol vesselPatrol vessels Koolhoven F.K.58Koolhoven F.K.58Fighter aircraft Fokker T.IXFokker T.IXBombers Fokker D.XIIIFokker D.XIIIFighter aircraft Fokker PW-5Fokker PW-5Fighter aircraft Fokker C.VIIIFokker C.VIIIBombers F.K.55F.K.55Fighter aircraft

Others in the region

  1. 2Russian Federation95.0 VS
  2. 8France77.2 VS
  3. 10United Kingdom74.7 VS
  4. 12Turkiye73.3 VS
  5. 18Greece68.9 VS
  6. 19Germany68.2 VS
  7. 20Italy67.8 VS
  8. 24Spain67.0 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗