China vs Ireland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 193 million TIV, or 15 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	China	Ireland	World
2025	207 million	14 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	1 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	43 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	40 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	–	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	–	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	–	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	4 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	–	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	38 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	26 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	13 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	5 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	27 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	–	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	44 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	0	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	35 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	3 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	–	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	41 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	38 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	2 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	11 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	3 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	12 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	44 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	26 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	28 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	5 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	–	33 billion
1975	1 million	9 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	6 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	8 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	27 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	14 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	12 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	2 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	–	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	1 million	15.7 billion

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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.

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