Ireland vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 19 million TIV, or 2.36 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Thailand	World
2025	14 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	–	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	–	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	63 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	–	154 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	52 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	28 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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