Ireland vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.16 billion TIV, or 150 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Poland	World
2025	14 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	–	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	–	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	193 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	–	–	28.9 billion
1996	–	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	–	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	9 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	–	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	–	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	864 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	889 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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