Argentina vs Ireland
Argentina vs Ireland: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 94 million TIV, or 7.71 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Argentina | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 14 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 45 million | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 22 million | 63 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 50 million | 1 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 77 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 7 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 51 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 19 million | 5 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 47 million | 2 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 17 million | 43 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 18 million | 43 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 6 million | 40 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 13 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 5 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 16 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 11 million | 4 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 15 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 21 million | 38 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 24 million | 26 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | 13 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 3 million | 5 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 161 million | 27 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 11 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 15 million | 21 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 6 million | 44 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 208 million | 0 | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 276 million | 35 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 105 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 21 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 43 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 209 million | 41 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 27 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 11 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 159 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 6 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 71 million | 24 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 217 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 219 million | 38 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 485 million | 2 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 724 million | 11 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 1.31 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 406 million | 3 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 833 million | 12 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 445 million | 44 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 451 million | 26 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 434 million | 28 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 204 million | 5 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 499 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 268 million | 9 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 450 million | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 248 million | 8 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 402 million | 27 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 363 million | 14 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 257 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 230 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 430 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 143 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 93 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 7 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 19 million | 12 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 29 million | 2 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 47 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 205 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 111 million | 1 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Ireland: 24 million TIV in 2025