Ireland vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.03 billion TIV, or 220 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 1972, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	14 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	–	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	–	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	–	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	828 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	–	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	–	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	44 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	–	702 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	6 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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