Ireland vs Vietnam
Ireland vs Vietnam: Arms exports
Arms exports: 24 million TIV in Ireland in 2025 and 10 million TIV in Vietnam in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2006 the value was higher in Ireland, by 39 million TIV, or 3.79 times that in Vietnam.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Ireland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
- The world as a whole: 24.5 billion TIV in 2006.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland | Vietnam | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 million | – | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 18 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | – | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 46 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 13 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 10 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 10 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 23 million | – | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 44 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 44 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 1 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 42 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 45 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 45 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 51 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 53 million | 14 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 26 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 11 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 0 | 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 Vietnam
Health
- Life expectancyIreland: 82.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 74.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIreland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Vietnam: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIreland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vietnam: 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIreland: 96% in 2022Vietnam: 57.8% in 2022
- DepressionIreland: 4.25% in 2017Vietnam: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIreland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Vietnam: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIreland: 5.2 million people in 2023Vietnam: 100 million people in 2023
- Population growthIreland: 1.19% a year in 2023Vietnam: 0.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIreland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023Vietnam: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIreland: 64.6% in 2025Vietnam: 38.8% in 2025
- Median ageIreland: 38.4 years in 2023Vietnam: 32.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIreland: 15.5% in 2023Vietnam: 8.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIreland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Vietnam: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIreland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025Vietnam: 2.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIreland: $1.46B in 2025Vietnam: $10.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIreland: $272 in 2025Vietnam: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIreland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025Vietnam: 9.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIreland: 9,000 people in 2020Vietnam: 522,000 people in 2020
- National powerIreland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Vietnam: 1.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIreland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Vietnam: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIreland: 14 million TIV in 2025Vietnam: 177 million TIV in 2025