Ireland
Military spending in US dollars in Ireland
Military spending in US dollars in Ireland: $285M in 1958 and $1.46B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.46B
- Since 1958
- +$1.18B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Ireland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B |
| 2024 | $1.33B |
| 2023 | $1.3B |
| 2022 | $1.3B |
| 2021 | $1.36B |
| 2020 | $1.3B |
| 2019 | $1.28B |
| 2018 | $1.22B |
| 2017 | $1.2B |
| 2016 | $1.19B |
| 2015 | $1.18B |
| 2014 | $1.18B |
| 2013 | $1.18B |
| 2012 | $1.19B |
| 2011 | $1.26B |
| 2010 | $1.33B |
| 2009 | $1.39B |
| 2008 | $1.41B |
| 2007 | $1.36B |
| 2006 | $1.35B |
| 2005 | $1.36B |
| 2004 | $1.34B |
| 2003 | $1.32B |
| 2002 | $1.38B |
| 2001 | $1.44B |
| 2000 | $1.33B |
| 1999 | $1.29B |
| 1998 | $1.25B |
| 1997 | $1.24B |
| 1996 | $1.17B |
| 1995 | $1.11B |
| 1994 | $1.1B |
| 1993 | $1.08B |
| 1992 | $1.07B |
| 1991 | $1.08B |
| 1990 | $1.03B |
| 1989 | $908M |
| 1988 | $918M |
| 1987 | $923M |
| 1986 | $988M |
| 1985 | $962M |
| 1984 | $933M |
| 1983 | $964M |
| 1982 | $1.03B |
| 1981 | $1.02B |
| 1980 | $1.06B |
| 1979 | $1.01B |
| 1978 | $913M |
| 1977 | $853M |
| 1976 | $838M |
| 1975 | $811M |
| 1974 | $668M |
| 1973 | $659M |
| 1972 | $616M |
| 1971 | $519M |
| 1970 | $460M |
| 1969 | $407M |
| 1968 | $390M |
| 1967 | $379M |
| 1966 | $372M |
| 1965 | $391M |
| 1964 | $379M |
| 1963 | $339M |
| 1962 | $335M |
| 1961 | $330M |
| 1960 | $318M |
| 1959 | $299M |
| 1958 | $285M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$272 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports24 million TIV in 2025