Ireland vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 223 million TIV, or 17 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2020.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Spain	World
2025	14 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	–	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	–	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	228 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	–	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	–	831 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	103 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	214 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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