Ireland vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 810 million TIV, or 59 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Ireland.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	Netherlands	World
2025	14 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	–	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	–	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	262 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	0	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	–	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	–	285 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	227 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	255 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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