Australia vs Ireland
Australia vs Ireland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Australia and 24 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Australia, by 84 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Australia | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 million | 24 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 73 million | 18 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 81 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 19 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 175 million | 13 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 406 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 129 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 39 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 101 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 136 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 79 million | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 94 million | 23 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 54 million | 44 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 45 million | 44 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 143 million | 1 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 137 million | 42 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 86 million | 45 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 57 million | 45 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 53 million | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 26 million | 53 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 49 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 44 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 47 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 43 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 4 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 14 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 10 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 36 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 24 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 30 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 84 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 156 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 18 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 12 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 89 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 57 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 10 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 62 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 31 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 26 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 17 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 15 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 21 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 113 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 131 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 92 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 72 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 6 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 36 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 17 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 26 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 4 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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
Australia vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025