Ireland vs Netherlands

Ireland vs Netherlands: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 577 million TIV, or 25 times that in Ireland.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Ireland vs Netherlands: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 601 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 577 million TIV, or 25 times that in Ireland.
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What the numbers say

  • Netherlands 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

YearIrelandNetherlandsWorld
202524 million601 million33.5 billion
202418 million370 million30.7 billion
2023–250 million29.5 billion
202246 million324 million33.3 billion
202113 million357 million27.1 billion
2020–497 million24.1 billion
2019–304 million27 billion
2018–468 million27.4 billion
2017–1.14 billion31.3 billion
2016–487 million31.5 billion
201510 million469 million28.7 billion
201423 million643 million27.1 billion
201344 million384 million27.4 billion
201244 million906 million27.9 billion
20111 million541 million29.9 billion
201042 million366 million25.8 billion
200945 million504 million24.4 billion
200845 million452 million24.1 billion
200751 million1.23 billion26.5 billion
200653 million1.15 billion24.5 billion
200526 million496 million21.4 billion
2004–202 million21.3 billion
2003–331 million19.2 billion
2002–233 million17.7 billion
2001–199 million18.5 billion
2000–281 million20.5 billion
1999–355 million25.4 billion
1998–642 million27.9 billion
1997–619 million28.9 billion
1996–484 million23.7 billion
1995–458 million22.9 billion
1994–628 million23 billion
1993–458 million25.8 billion
1992–383 million24.3 billion
1991–455 million28.2 billion
1990–416 million30.2 billion
1989–558 million34.9 billion
1988–776 million36.8 billion
1987–506 million39.4 billion
1986–357 million39 billion
1985–180 million38.2 billion
1984–364 million41.6 billion
1983–457 million43.9 billion
1982–661 million46.2 billion
1981–801 million45.8 billion
1980–612 million42.2 billion
1979–243 million38.4 billion
1978–235 million42.4 billion
1977–444 million40 billion
1976–293 million36 billion
1975–148 million37.2 billion
1974–83 million36.6 billion
1973–203 million36.3 billion
1972–133 million34.5 billion
1971–155 million32.9 billion
1970–5 million25.3 billion
1969–107 million28.1 billion
1968–352 million26.1 billion
1967–95 million25.6 billion
1966–144 million25.8 billion
1965–40 million25.8 billion
1964–95 million26.7 billion
1963–43 million20.3 billion
1962–69 million17.5 billion
1961–105 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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