Netherlands
The Netherlands supplied substantial quantities of arms to the generally high-demand countries, including those in conflict. Interestingly, it appeared to break the EU arms embargo against Myanmar in 2017 by supplying a VIP transport aircraft.
Explore the graphics below to see how the likelihood of arms sales increases or decreases with different factors.
What factors might affect arms exports from Netherlands?
War
Arms sales from Netherlands are:
- More frequent when the recipient is at war and a recent customer of the supplier
Money
Arms sales from Netherlands are:
- More frequent as the total military acquisition of the recipient from all other suppliers increases
Relationships
Arms sales from Netherlands are:
- More frequent if the recipient is already a recent customer 3
- More frequent if the recipient is a member of NATO
Other
Arms sales from Netherlands are:
- Less frequent if the recipient is in Africa
Conflicts
Direct conflict participation
Netherlands directly participated in the following conflicts:
Weapons supplies to conflict participants
Netherlands supplied Major Conventional Weapons to active participants in the following conflicts:
Netherlands was an Other Significant Supplier to active participants in the following conflicts:
Top arms recipients
The greatest recipients of Major Conventional Weapons from Netherlands by value* between 1990 and 2018 are as follows:
*The SIPRI Trend Indicator Value (TIV) is a relative measure of arms transfer value, normalized for inflation and currency.
Full results
All metrics were investigated using regression analysis. The full results are reproduced here.
Footnotes
- 1Measured in constant 2018 millions of USD
- 2Both total GDP and GDP per-capita were analysed, with similar results. In each analysis whichever had higher significance is specified although the differences were minor.
- 3Transfers above 5,000 TIV in the last five years. The SIPRI TIV unit is a measurement of the value of arms which is independent of currency and inflation.