Ireland vs United Arab Emirates
Ireland vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 24 million TIV in Ireland and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 9 million TIV, or 1.38 times that in Ireland.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Ireland.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 million | 33 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 18 million | 119 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 64 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 46 million | 17 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 13 million | 57 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 209 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 131 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 120 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 106 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 111 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | 143 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 23 million | 100 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 44 million | 115 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | 75 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | 3 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 42 million | 39 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 45 million | 34 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 45 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 51 million | 3 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 53 million | 17 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | 15 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 3 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 37 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 6 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 28 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 2 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 2 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 22 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 14 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 8 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ireland vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personIreland: $104,400 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthIreland: 8% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationIreland: 2.1% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtIreland: 34.8% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025