Missions abroad | Defensie.nl

<!doctype html> <html class="no-js fullWidth" xml:lang="en-GB" lang="en-GB">  <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <meta name="description" content="The Netherlands armed forces currently has 621 members of personnel deployed to missions abroad (as of 17 February 2025). Dutch military personnel thus contribute to stability and security throughout the world on a daily basis."/> <meta name="DCTERMS.description" content="The Netherlands armed forces currently has 621 members of personnel deployed to missions abroad (as of 17 February 2025). Dutch military personnel thus contribute to stability and security throughout the world on a daily basis."/> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.defensie.nl/english/binaries/small/content/gallery/defensie/channel-afbeeldingen/ro-home-bookmark-oranje-0xffb612.png"/> <title>Missions abroad | Defensie.nl</title> <meta name="DCTERMS.title" content="Missions abroad - Defensie.nl"/> <meta property="og:title" content="Missions abroad"/> <meta property="og:description" content="The Netherlands armed forces currently has 621 members of personnel deployed to missions abroad (as of 17 February 2025). Dutch military personnel thus contribute to stability and security throughout the world on a daily basis."/> <meta property="og:type" content="website"/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://english.defensie.nl/topics/missions-abroad"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://english.defensie.nl/topics/missions-abroad"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.language" title="XSD.language" content="en-GB"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.creator" title="RIJKSOVERHEID.Organisatie" content="Ministerie van Defensie"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.identifier" title="XSD.anyURI" content="https://english.defensie.nl/topics/missions-abroad"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.available" title="DCTERMS.Period" content="start=2014-10-20;"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.modified" title="XSD.dateTime" content="2025-02-18T07:21"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.issued" title="XSD.dateTime" content="2014-10-20T10:19"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.spatial" title="OVERHEID.Koninkrijksdeel" content="Nederland"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.publisher" title="RIJKSOVERHEID.Organisatie" content="Ministerie van Defensie"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.rights" content="CC0 1.0 Universal"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.rightsHolder" title="RIJKSOVERHEID.Organisatie" content="Ministerie van Defensie"/>  <meta name="DCTERMS.subject" content="Missions abroad"/> <meta name="DCTERMS.type" title="RIJKSOVERHEID.Informatietype" content="onderwerp"/> <script nonce="YTAwNzFmZmM2N2I4NDM5ODlhZTUwNzExYzlmYTU2MWQ="> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; window.dataLayer.push({ "page_type": "Onderwerpstart", "ftg_type": "Navigatiepagina", "subjects": "Missions abroad", "country": "Nederland", "issued": "", "last_published": "2025-02-18T07:21:30.354+01:00", "update": "2014-10-20T10:18:00.000+02:00", "publisher": "Ministerie van Defensie", "language": "en-GB", "uuid": "e3bae3cd-6671-4f35-99af-6928d928a12a", "search_category": "", "search_keyword": "", "search_count": "" }); </script> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/binaries/content/assets/defence/iconen/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link rel="icon" sizes="192x192" href="/binaries/content/assets/defence/iconen/touch-icon.png"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/binaries/content/assets/defence/iconen/apple-touch-icon.png"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/webfiles/1737320743068/presentation/responsive.css" type="text/css" media="all"/> <link rel="preload" href="/webfiles/1737320743068/presentation/responsive.css" as="style" > <link rel="preconnect" href="statistiek.rijksoverheid.nl"> <link rel="preload" href="/binaries/content/gallery/defence/channel-afbeeldingen/logos/logo-def-eng.svg" as="image"> <link rel="preload" href="/webfiles/1737320743068/behaviour/core.js" as="script"> </head> <body id="government" data-scriptpath="/webfiles/1737320743068/behaviour" class="df" data-cookieinfourl="cookies" data-linktrackingtimer="500" data-trackerurl="statistiek.rijksoverheid.nl/piwik/" data-hartbeattrackingtimer="0" data-stats="topic:missions abroad;type:topic;organisatieonderdeel:czsk|clas|clsk" > <script nonce="YTAwNzFmZmM2N2I4NDM5ODlhZTUwNzExYzlmYTU2MWQ="> (function(window, document, dataLayerName, id) { window[dataLayerName]=window[dataLayerName]||[],window[dataLayerName].push({start:(new Date).getTime(),event:"stg.start"});var scripts=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],tags=document.createElement('script'); function stgCreateCookie(a,b,c){var d="";if(c){var e=new Date;e.setTime(e.getTime()+24*c*60*60*1e3),d="; expires="+e.toUTCString()}document.cookie=a+"="+b+d+"; path=/"} var isStgDebug=(window.location.href.match("stg_debug")||document.cookie.match("stg_debug"))&&!window.location.href.match("stg_disable_debug");stgCreateCookie("stg_debug",isStgDebug?1:"",isStgDebug?14:-1); var qP=[];dataLayerName!=="dataLayer"&&qP.push("data_layer_name="+dataLayerName),isStgDebug&&qP.push("stg_debug");var qPString=qP.length>0?("?"+qP.join("&")):""; tags.async=!0,tags.src="//statistiek.rijksoverheid.nl/containers/"+id+".js"+qPString,scripts.parentNode.insertBefore(tags,scripts); !function(a,n,i){a[n]=a[n]||{};for(var c=0;c<i.length;c++)!function(i){a[n][i]=a[n][i]||{},a[n][i].api=a[n][i].api||function(){var a=[].slice.call(arguments,0);"string"==typeof a[0]&&window[dataLayerName].push({event:n+"."+i+":"+a[0],parameters:[].slice.call(arguments,1)})}}(i[c])}(window,"ppms",["tm","cm"]); })(window, document, 'dataLayer', '68444887-beba-4956-ac3a-bfad23d33955'); </script><noscript><iframe src="//statistiek.rijksoverheid.nl/containers/68444887-beba-4956-ac3a-bfad23d33955/noscript.html" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript> <div id="mainwrapper"> <header> <div class="skiplinks"> <a href="#content-wrapper">Go to content</a> </div> <a href="/"> <div class="logo"> <div class="wrapper"> <img src="/binaries/content/gallery/defence/channel-afbeeldingen/logos/logo-def-eng.svg" data-fallback="/binaries/content/gallery/defence/channel-afbeeldingen/logos/fallback-beeldmerk.svg" alt="To the homepage of Defensie.nl" id="logotype"/> </div> </div> </a> </header> <div id="navBar"> <div class="wrapper"> <nav class="breadCrumbNav" aria-labelledby="breadCrumbNavLabel"> <span class="assistive" id="breadCrumbNavLabel">You are here:</span> <a href="/">Defensie.nl</a> <a href="/topics">Topics</a> <span aria-current="page">Missions abroad</span> </nav> <div id="searchForm" role="search" class="searchForm" data-search-closed="Open search box" data-search-opened="Start search"> <form novalidate method="get" action="/search" id="search-form" data-clearcontent="Clear content"> <label for="search-keyword">Search within English part of Defensie.nl</label> <input type="text" id="search-keyword" class="searchInput" name="keyword" title="Enter search terms here" placeholder="Search" /> <button id="search-submit" class="searchSubmit" name="search-submit" type="submit" title="Start search"> Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div><main id="content-wrapper" tabindex="-1"> <div class="subNavigation"> <div class="wrapper"> <ul> <li><a href="/topics/missions-abroad/current-missions">Current missions</a></li> <li><a href="/topics/missions-abroad/military-missions">Military missions</a></li> <li><a href="/topics/missions-abroad/the-netherlands-contributes-to-security-all-over-the-world">The Netherlands contributes to security all over the world</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <h1 class="assistive"> Missions abroad</h1> <div class="article content"> <div class="intro"><p>The Netherlands armed forces currently has 621 members of personnel deployed to missions abroad (as of 17 February 2025). Dutch military personnel thus contribute to stability and security throughout the world on a daily basis.</p></div> </div> <div class="fullWidthSection"> </div><aside> <div class="brick linkBlock"> <h2>See also</h2> <ul>  <li> <a href="/topics/historical-missions"> Historical missions</a> <span class="meta"> Topic</span> </li> </ul></div> <div class="brick belongsTo"> <h2>Belongs to</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/organisation/navy">Royal Netherlands Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/organisation/army">Royal Netherlands Army</a></li> <li><a href="/organisation/air-force">Royal Netherlands Air Force</a></li> </ul> </div> </aside><div id="follow-up"> <div class="block"> <div class="sharing"> <h2>Share this page</h2> <ul class="common"> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.defensie.nl%2Ftopics%2Fmissions-abroad&text=Missions+abroad%20%23defence" class="twitter"> Share this page on your X account</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.defensie.nl%2Ftopics%2Fmissions-abroad" class="facebook"> Share this page on your Facebook account</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.defensie.nl%2Ftopics%2Fmissions-abroad&title=Missions+abroad&source=Defensie.nl&summary=The+Netherlands+armed+forces+currently+has+621+members+of+personnel+deployed+to+missions+abroad+%28as+of+17+February+2025%29.+Dutch+military+personnel+thus+contribute+to+stability+and+security+throughout+the+world+on+a+daily+basis." class="linkedin"> Share this page on your LinkedIn account</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="site-footer"> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="column"> <h2>Service</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </li> <li > <a href="/archive">Archive</a> </li> <li > <a href="/downloads">Downloads</a> </li> <li > <a href="/sitemap">Sitemap</a> </li> <li > <a href="/help">Help</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="column"> <h2>About this site</h2> <ul> <li > <a href="/copyright">Copyright</a> </li> <li > <a href="/privacy">Privacy</a> </li> <li > <a href="/cookies">Cookies</a> </li> <li > <a href="/accessibility">Accessibility</a> </li> <li > <a href="/reporting-a-vulnerability">Report vulnerability</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="languages" aria-labelledby="languageMenuLabel"> <div class="languages__wrapper"> <p id="languageMenuLabel" class="languages__label">This website in other languages:</p> <ul class="languages__list"> <li class="languages__list-item selected"> English</li> <li class="languages__list-item "> <a href="http://www.defensie.nl/" class="languages__link" lang="nl">Nederlands</a> </li> </ul> </div> </nav> </footer> </div>  <script src="/webfiles/1737320743068/behaviour/core.js"></script>  </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

Missions abroad | Defensie.nl