India vs Ireland
India vs Ireland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 24 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 57 million TIV, or 3.38 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India 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 | India | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 million | 24 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 94 million | 18 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 41 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 7 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 54 million | 13 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 20 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 47 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 56 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 49 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 42 million | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | 23 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 18 million | 44 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 44 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3 million | 1 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 5 million | 42 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 27 million | 45 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 15 million | 45 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 23 million | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 33 million | 53 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 19 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 31 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 4 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 2 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 21 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 2 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 2 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 9 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 7 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 7 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 2 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 22 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 27 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 31 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 24 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 21 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 7 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 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
India vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025