Ireland vs Russia
Ireland vs Russia: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 1.94 billion TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.92 billion TIV, or 81 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2005.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 million | 1.94 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 18 million | 1.99 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 1.51 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 46 million | 2.57 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 13 million | 2.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 3.66 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 5.37 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 7.15 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 6.4 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 6.75 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 5.8 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 23 million | 5.4 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 44 million | 7.89 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 8.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 8.79 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 42 million | 6.23 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 45 million | 5.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 45 million | 6 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 51 million | 5.6 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 53 million | 5.18 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 5.2 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 6.35 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 5.27 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 5.74 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5.25 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 4.5 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 4.41 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 2.12 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3.45 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 3.64 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3.83 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 1.54 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 3.49 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 2.64 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ireland vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025