Ireland vs Sweden

Ireland vs Sweden: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 211 million TIV, or 9.79 times that in Ireland.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ireland vs Sweden: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 235 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 211 million TIV, or 9.79 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Sweden 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

YearIrelandSwedenWorld
202524 million235 million33.5 billion
202418 million405 million30.7 billion
2023–373 million29.5 billion
202246 million83 million33.3 billion
202113 million236 million27.1 billion
2020–263 million24.1 billion
2019–121 million27 billion
2018–135 million27.4 billion
2017–75 million31.3 billion
2016–248 million31.5 billion
201510 million178 million28.7 billion
201423 million340 million27.1 billion
201344 million383 million27.4 billion
201244 million436 million27.9 billion
20111 million658 million29.9 billion
201042 million612 million25.8 billion
200945 million389 million24.4 billion
200845 million461 million24.1 billion
200751 million332 million26.5 billion
200653 million384 million24.5 billion
200526 million536 million21.4 billion
2004–297 million21.3 billion
2003–516 million19.2 billion
2002–164 million17.7 billion
2001–892 million18.5 billion
2000–355 million20.5 billion
1999–383 million25.4 billion
1998–332 million27.9 billion
1997–99 million28.9 billion
1996–344 million23.7 billion
1995–226 million22.9 billion
1994–111 million23 billion
1993–103 million25.8 billion
1992–147 million24.3 billion
1991–155 million28.2 billion
1990–224 million30.2 billion
1989–401 million34.9 billion
1988–512 million36.8 billion
1987–230 million39.4 billion
1986–320 million39 billion
1985–215 million38.2 billion
1984–227 million41.6 billion
1983–118 million43.9 billion
1982–120 million46.2 billion
1981–127 million45.8 billion
1980–157 million42.2 billion
1979–261 million38.4 billion
1978–55 million42.4 billion
1977–75 million40 billion
1976–101 million36 billion
1975–69 million37.2 billion
1974–75 million36.6 billion
1973–15 million36.3 billion
1972–163 million34.5 billion
1971–547 million32.9 billion
1970–158 million25.3 billion
1969–36 million28.1 billion
1968–60 million26.1 billion
1967–55 million25.6 billion
1966–56 million25.8 billion
1965–32 million25.8 billion
1964–22 million26.7 billion
1963–13 million20.3 billion
1962–44 million17.5 billion
1961–46 million16.4 billion
1960–38 million17.6 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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