Ireland vs Tanzania
Ireland vs Tanzania: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $1.46B in Ireland and $983M in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by $481M, or 1.49 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B | $983M |
| 2024 | $1.33B | $930M |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $909M |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $838M |
| 2021 | $1.36B | $753M |
| 2020 | $1.3B | $698M |
| 2019 | $1.28B | $657M |
| 2018 | $1.22B | $650M |
| 2017 | $1.2B | $618M |
| 2016 | $1.19B | $615M |
| 2015 | $1.18B | $562M |
| 2014 | $1.18B | $484M |
| 2013 | $1.18B | $434M |
| 2012 | $1.19B | $376M |
| 2011 | $1.26B | $370M |
| 2010 | $1.33B | $344M |
| 2009 | $1.39B | $265M |
| 2008 | $1.41B | $238M |
| 2007 | $1.36B | $234M |
| 2006 | $1.35B | $224M |
| 2005 | $1.36B | $205M |
| 2004 | $1.34B | $190M |
| 2003 | $1.32B | $186M |
| 2002 | $1.38B | $205M |
| 2001 | $1.44B | $210M |
| 2000 | $1.33B | $180M |
| 1999 | $1.29B | $169M |
| 1998 | $1.25B | $170M |
| 1997 | $1.24B | $156M |
| 1996 | $1.17B | $146M |
| 1995 | $1.11B | $148M |
| 1994 | $1.1B | $115M |
| 1993 | $1.08B | $123M |
| 1992 | $1.07B | $187M |
| 1991 | $1.08B | $187M |
| 1990 | $1.03B | $172M |
| 1989 | $908M | $208M |
| 1988 | $918M | $215M |
| 1987 | $923M | $236M |
| 1986 | $988M | $252M |
| 1985 | $962M | $237M |
| 1984 | $933M | $234M |
| 1983 | $964M | $263M |
| 1982 | $1.03B | $307M |
| 1981 | $1.02B | $319M |
| 1980 | $1.06B | $278M |
| 1979 | $1.01B | $587M |
| 1978 | $913M | $699M |
| 1977 | $853M | $362M |
| 1976 | $838M | $293M |
| 1975 | $811M | $278M |
| 1974 | $668M | $295M |
| 1973 | $659M | $225M |
| 1972 | $616M | $174M |
| 1971 | $519M | $149M |
| 1970 | $460M | $108M |
| 1969 | $407M | $76.1M |
| 1968 | $390M | $71.6M |
| 1967 | $379M | $74.6M |
| 1966 | $372M | – |
| 1965 | $391M | – |
| 1964 | $379M | – |
| 1963 | $339M | – |
| 1962 | $335M | – |
| 1961 | $330M | – |
| 1960 | $318M | – |
| 1959 | $299M | – |
| 1958 | $285M | – |
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ireland vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025