Ireland vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 14 million TIV in Ireland in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ireland, by 30 million TIV, or 1.91 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Switzerland	World
2025	14 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	–	–	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	–	–	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	–	–	27.4 billion
2012	–	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	36 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	–	142 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	37 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	218 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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