Indicator	Value
Military expenditure (% GDP)	1.92 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military expenditure	23,200,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Armed forces personnel	41,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI [2020]
Arms imports	360,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports	392,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military & security forces	Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2025); note: note 1: the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard are civilian in nature but managed by the Royal Netherlands Navynote 2: the core missions of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee are border security, security and surveillance, and international and military police tasksnote 3: the Netherlands (or National) Police maintain internal security and report to the Ministry of Justice and Security, which oversees law enforcement organizations, as do the justice ministries in Aruba, Curacao, and Sint MaartenCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Military service age & obligation	17 years of age for voluntary service for men and women; the military is an all-volunteer force; conscription remains in place, but the requirement to show up for compulsory military service was suspended in 1997 (2025)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Arms imports (USD)	360,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Arms exports (USD)	392,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (% of GDP)	1.92 %SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]
Military spending (USD)	23,200,000,000 US$SIPRI via World Bank WDI [2024]