India vs Ireland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 14 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.85 billion TIV, or 200 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	Ireland	World
2025	2.86 billion	14 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.6 billion	–	30.6 billion
2023	1.54 billion	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	2.7 billion	1 million	33 billion
2021	3.96 billion	–	26.8 billion
2020	2.67 billion	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.2 billion	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.98 billion	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.68 billion	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.65 billion	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	2.73 billion	43 million	28.7 billion
2014	3.28 billion	40 million	27 billion
2013	5.3 billion	–	27.4 billion
2012	4.51 billion	–	27.9 billion
2011	3.63 billion	–	29.9 billion
2010	2.9 billion	4 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.96 billion	–	24 billion
2008	1.64 billion	38 million	24.1 billion
2007	2.3 billion	26 million	26.5 billion
2006	1.49 billion	13 million	24.4 billion
2005	1.2 billion	5 million	21.3 billion
2004	2.25 billion	27 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.8 billion	–	19.2 billion
2002	1.9 billion	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	1.05 billion	44 million	18.3 billion
2000	988 million	0	20.5 billion
1999	1.22 billion	35 million	25.3 billion
1998	797 million	3 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.68 billion	–	28.9 billion
1996	831 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	1.36 billion	–	22.9 billion
1994	873 million	41 million	22.8 billion
1993	737 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	1.19 billion	–	24.3 billion
1991	1.88 billion	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.83 billion	–	28.6 billion
1989	3.68 billion	–	31.7 billion
1988	3.85 billion	24 million	32.9 billion
1987	3.92 billion	–	36.2 billion
1986	4.24 billion	38 million	35.5 billion
1985	3 billion	2 million	33.2 billion
1984	2.43 billion	11 million	36.8 billion
1983	2.64 billion	–	39.1 billion
1982	2.65 billion	3 million	41.4 billion
1981	2.12 billion	12 million	42 billion
1980	1.77 billion	44 million	37.4 billion
1979	1.2 billion	26 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.2 billion	28 million	39.2 billion
1977	2.38 billion	5 million	37 billion
1976	1.94 billion	–	33 billion
1975	1.53 billion	9 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.33 billion	6 million	32.9 billion
1973	1.51 billion	8 million	32.6 billion
1972	2.09 billion	27 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.02 billion	14 million	29.3 billion
1970	963 million	–	22.1 billion
1969	1.37 billion	–	24.7 billion
1968	1.37 billion	–	22.4 billion
1967	1.13 billion	–	22.1 billion
1966	961 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	1 billion	–	23.1 billion
1964	794 million	12 million	24.2 billion
1963	695 million	2 million	18.1 billion
1962	402 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	1.15 billion	–	15 billion
1960	544 million	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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