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Military deployments
Netherlands — 6 years of data
Historical Values
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 160 Afghanistan (NATO); 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2020) |
| 2021 | 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2021) |
| 2022 | 270 Lithuania (NATO); 125 Slovakia (NATO) (2022) note: in response to Russia s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe |
| 2023 | 350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2023) note: in response to Russia s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe |
| 2024 | 350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2024) note: as of 2024, the Dutch military had close to 1,000 total military personnel deployed abroad |
| 2025 | 350 Lithuania (NATO); 150 Romania (NATO); approximately 800 deployed to Dutch territories in the Caribbean (2025) note: the Netherlands contributes naval assets to support freedom of the sea missions in such places as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz; it also assists with monitoring the airspace of the eastern flank of NATO territory by means of fighter aircraft and provides some ground personnel to a variety of other NATO, UN, and EU security missions |