Iran vs Ireland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 14 million TIV in Ireland in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ireland, by 42 million TIV, or 3 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Ireland	World
2025	–	14 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	63 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	1 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	5 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	43 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	43 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	40 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	–	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	4 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	–	24 billion
2008	57 million	38 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	26 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	13 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	5 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	27 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	21 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	44 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	0	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	35 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	3 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	41 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	–	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	38 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	2 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	11 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	3 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	12 million	42 billion
1980	278 million	44 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	26 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	28 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	5 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	–	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	9 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	6 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	8 million	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	27 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	14 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	–	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	–	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	–	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	12 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	2 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	–	15 billion
1960	141 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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