Ireland vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 14 million TIV in Ireland and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 595 million TIV, or 44 times that in Ireland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Ireland	United Kingdom	World
2025	14 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	–	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	63 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	1 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	–	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	9 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	35 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	5 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	2 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	43 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	43 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	–	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	–	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	4 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	381 million	24 billion
2008	38 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	26 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	13 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	5 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	27 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	21 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	44 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	0	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	35 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	3 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	41 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	11 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	–	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	–	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	24 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	–	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	38 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	2 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	11 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	–	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	3 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	12 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	44 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	26 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	28 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	5 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	–	251 million	33 billion
1975	9 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	6 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	8 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	27 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	14 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	–	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	12 million	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	2 million	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	34 million	15 billion
1960	1 million	26 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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