Ireland vs Philippines: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 846 million TIV in Philippines, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 832 million TIV, or 60 times that in Ireland.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 million 2025 | 43 million | 77 of 110 |
| Philippines | 846 million 2025 | 153 million | 10 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Philippines has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 million | 846 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 305 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 63 million | 108 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1 million | 280 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 365 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 9 million | 385 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 35 million | 191 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 5 million | 17 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2 million | 278 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 43 million | 228 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 43 million | 153 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 40 million | 12 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | 83 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 21 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 63 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 4 million | 3 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 38 million | 10 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 26 million | 16 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 13 million | 23 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 5 million | 12 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 27 million | 34 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 10 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 21 million | 5 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 44 million | 10 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 35 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 3 million | 64 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 72 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 43 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 41 million | 72 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 43 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 11 million | 34 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | – | 33 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | – | 19 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 24 million | 12 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | – | 26 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 38 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 2 million | 23 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 11 million | 38 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | – | 116 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3 million | 17 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 12 million | 39 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 44 million | 75 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 26 million | 92 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 28 million | 143 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 5 million | 198 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 256 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 9 million | 133 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 6 million | 60 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 8 million | 106 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 27 million | 50 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 14 million | 90 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 9 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 26 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 16 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 43 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 86 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 99 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 12 million | 2 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 2 million | 4 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 11 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 44 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 million | 50 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time