Ireland vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 132 million TIV, or 10 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Sweden	World
2025	14 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	–	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	–	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	15 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	–	214 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	165 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	227 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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