Military and security service personnel strengths | approximately 45,000 active-duty personnel (19,000 Army; 8,000 Navy; 8,000 Air Force; 6,000 Constabulary; 4,000 other) (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the military's inventory consists of a mix of domestically produced and modern European- and US-sourced equipment; in recent years, the US has been the leading supplier of weapons systems; the Netherlands has an advanced domestic defense industry that focuses on armored vehicles, naval ships, and air defense systems; it also participates with the US and other European countries on joint development and production of advanced weapons systems (2024) |
Military service age and 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; must be a citizen of the Netherlands (2024). note: in 2023, women made up about 14% of the military's full-time personnel |
Military deployments | 350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2024). note: as of 2024, the Dutch military had close to 1,000 total military personnel deployed abroad |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2024 | 2.1% of GDP (2024 est.) |
Military Expenditures 2023 | 1.6% of GDP (2023) |
Military Expenditures 2022 | 1.5% of GDP (2022) |
Military Expenditures 2021 | 1.4% of GDP (2021) |
Military Expenditures 2020 | 1.4% of GDP (2020) |
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