Ireland vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 5 million TIV, or 1.56 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Mexico	World
2025	14 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	–	33 billion
2021	–	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	–	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	59 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	–	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	–	69 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	30 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	20 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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