Ireland vs Spain: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.46B in Ireland and $37.7B in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $36.2B, or 26 times that in Ireland.
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Latest figures
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | $1.46B 2025 | $1.18B | 69 of 151 |
| Spain | $37.7B 2025 | $18.3B | 15 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1958.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B | $37.7B |
| 2024 | $1.33B | $25.2B |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $25.6B |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $22.7B |
| 2021 | $1.36B | $21.1B |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $19.7B |
| 2019 | $1.28B | $19.7B |
| 2018 | $1.22B | $19.5B |
| 2017 | $1.2B | $18.8B |
| 2016 | $1.19B | $17B |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $18.3B |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $17.2B |
| 2013 | $1.18B | $17.2B |
| 2012 | $1.19B | $19.8B |
| 2011 | $1.26B | $19.5B |
| 2010 | $1.33B | $21.2B |
| 2009 | $1.39B | $21.1B |
| 2008 | $1.41B | $21.9B |
| 2007 | $1.36B | $22.1B |
| 2006 | $1.35B | $21.3B |
| 2005 | $1.36B | $20.6B |
| 2004 | $1.34B | $20.3B |
| 2003 | $1.32B | $19.5B |
| 2002 | $1.38B | $19.2B |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $20.7B |
| 2000 | $1.33B | $20.9B |
| 1999 | $1.29B | $20.2B |
| 1998 | $1.25B | $18.4B |
| 1997 | $1.24B | $17.5B |
| 1996 | $1.17B | $17.7B |
| 1995 | $1.11B | $18.3B |
| 1994 | $1.1B | $18.2B |
| 1993 | $1.08B | $18B |
| 1992 | $1.07B | $18.4B |
| 1991 | $1.08B | $18.9B |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $19.7B |
| 1989 | $908M | $19.4B |
| 1988 | $918M | $19.5B |
| 1987 | $923M | $19.3B |
| 1986 | $988M | $18.2B |
| 1985 | $962M | $19.5B |
| 1984 | $933M | $19.2B |
| 1983 | $964M | $18.7B |
| 1982 | $1.03B | $16.7B |
| 1981 | $1.02B | $16.1B |
| 1980 | $1.06B | $15.9B |
| 1979 | $1.01B | $15.3B |
| 1978 | $913M | $14.3B |
| 1977 | $853M | $13.7B |
| 1976 | $838M | $13.5B |
| 1975 | $811M | $11.4B |
| 1974 | $668M | $12.5B |
| 1973 | $659M | $11.3B |
| 1972 | $616M | $11.5B |
| 1971 | $519M | $9.62B |
| 1970 | $460M | $10B |
| 1969 | $407M | $9.93B |
| 1968 | $390M | $8.41B |
| 1967 | $379M | $6.35B |
| 1966 | $372M | $6.76B |
| 1965 | $391M | $5.62B |
| 1964 | $379M | $5.6B |
| 1963 | $339M | $4.9B |
| 1962 | $335M | $5.2B |
| 1961 | $330M | $4.26B |
| 1960 | $318M | $4.23B |
| 1959 | $299M | $3.52B |
| 1958 | $285M | $3.7B |
| 1957 | – | $4.21B |
| 1956 | – | $4.03B |
| 1955 | – | $3.8B |
| 1954 | – | $3.51B |
| 1953 | – | $3.49B |
| 1952 | – | $3.56B |
| 1951 | – | $2.81B |
| 1950 | – | $2.97B |
| 1949 | – | $3.17B |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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