Ireland vs Spain: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 341 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 317 million TIV, or 14 times that in Ireland.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 24 million 2025 | 10 million |
| Spain | 341 million 2025 | 982 million |
| World | 33.5 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Spain 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 | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 million | 341 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 18 million | 606 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 912 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 46 million | 1.01 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 13 million | 676 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 1.01 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 318 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 705 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 820 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 481 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 982 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 23 million | 962 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 44 million | 450 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 266 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 997 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 42 million | 273 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 45 million | 984 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 45 million | 626 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 51 million | 628 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 53 million | 898 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 113 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 54 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 99 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 8 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 47 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 174 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 605 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 112 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 88 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 253 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 103 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 70 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 103 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 116 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 167 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 136 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 152 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 197 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 92 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 244 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 367 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 263 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 135 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 10 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 18 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 38 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 25 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 46 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 272 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 82 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 18 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 18 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 140 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 70 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 10 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 12 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 12 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 26 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 33 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 12 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 10 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 10 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 8 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 million | 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.
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