Ireland vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 208 million TIV, or 16 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	South Korea	World
2025	14 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	–	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	–	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	–	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	798 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	–	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	–	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	–	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	–	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	–	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	–	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	–	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	–	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	–	556 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	113 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	122 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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