Iran vs Ireland
Iran vs Ireland: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $7.45B in Iran and $1.46B in Ireland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Iran, by $5.99B, or 5.09 times that in Ireland.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Iran | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.45B | $1.46B |
| 2024 | $7.89B | $1.33B |
| 2023 | $8.83B | $1.3B |
| 2022 | $8.36B | $1.3B |
| 2021 | $7.95B | $1.36B |
| 2020 | $6.54B | $1.3B |
| 2019 | $6.29B | $1.28B |
| 2018 | $7.51B | $1.22B |
| 2017 | $8.46B | $1.2B |
| 2016 | $7.52B | $1.19B |
| 2015 | $6.55B | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $6.16B | $1.18B |
| 2013 | $6.18B | $1.18B |
| 2012 | $7.67B | $1.19B |
| 2011 | $7.36B | $1.26B |
| 2010 | $8.53B | $1.33B |
| 2009 | $8.39B | $1.39B |
| 2008 | $8.02B | $1.41B |
| 2007 | $8.33B | $1.36B |
| 2006 | $9.06B | $1.35B |
| 2005 | $7.57B | $1.36B |
| 2004 | $6.36B | $1.34B |
| 2003 | $4.92B | $1.32B |
| 2002 | $4.22B | $1.38B |
| 2001 | $3.92B | $1.44B |
| 2000 | $3.52B | $1.33B |
| 1999 | $3.2B | $1.29B |
| 1998 | $3.16B | $1.25B |
| 1997 | $3.16B | $1.24B |
| 1996 | $2.83B | $1.17B |
| 1995 | $2.57B | $1.11B |
| 1994 | $2.62B | $1.1B |
| 1993 | $2.12B | $1.08B |
| 1992 | $1.81B | $1.07B |
| 1991 | $2.09B | $1.08B |
| 1990 | $2.32B | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $2.61B | $908M |
| 1988 | $3.53B | $918M |
| 1987 | $3.81B | $923M |
| 1986 | $4.16B | $988M |
| 1985 | $5.19B | $962M |
| 1984 | $4.97B | $933M |
| 1983 | $5.7B | $964M |
| 1982 | $6.08B | $1.03B |
| 1981 | $5.66B | $1.02B |
| 1980 | $3.8B | $1.06B |
| 1979 | $4.69B | $1.01B |
| 1978 | $8.42B | $913M |
| 1977 | $8.85B | $853M |
| 1976 | $10.6B | $838M |
| 1975 | $9.37B | $811M |
| 1974 | $6.89B | $668M |
| 1973 | $994M | $659M |
| 1972 | $929M | $616M |
| 1971 | $1.07B | $519M |
| 1970 | $1.72B | $460M |
| 1969 | $1.59B | $407M |
| 1968 | $1.28B | $390M |
| 1967 | $972M | $379M |
| 1966 | $764M | $372M |
| 1965 | $594M | $391M |
| 1964 | $472M | $379M |
| 1963 | $406M | $339M |
| 1962 | $348M | $335M |
| 1961 | $338M | $330M |
| 1960 | $324M | $318M |
| 1959 | – | $299M |
| 1958 | – | $285M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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 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
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 24 million TIV in 2025