Iran vs Ireland
Iran vs Ireland: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 80 million TIV in Iran and 24 million TIV in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by 56 million TIV, or 3.33 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 million | 24 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 106 million | 18 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 170 million | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 48 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 2 million | 13 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 16 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 9 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 24 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 24 million | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 11 million | 10 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 34 million | 23 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 2 million | 44 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 35 million | 44 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 77 million | 1 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 54 million | 42 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 99 million | 45 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 82 million | 45 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2 million | 51 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 78 million | 53 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 4 million | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 3 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 12 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 9 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 3 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 1 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 1 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 1 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 1 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 1 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 1 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 1 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 1 million | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 1 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 86 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 129 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 6 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 106 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 6 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 23 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 28 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 3 million | – | 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
Iran vs Ireland
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIran: 94.2% in 2022Ireland: 96% in 2022
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025