Ireland

Military spending per person in Ireland

Military spending per person in Ireland: $128 in 1988 and $272 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
$272
Since 1988
+$144
Rank, 2025
53 of 151
counting from the highest

US dollars per person · SIPRI

Military spending per person in IrelandMilitary spending per person in Ireland: $128 in 1988 and $272 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was $356 in 2008, the lowest $124 in 1989.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was $356 in 2008, the lowest $124 in 1989.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearIreland
2025$272
2024$255
2023$246
2022$230
2021$253
2020$231
2019$227
2018$229
2017$215
2016$212
2015$213
2014$257
2013$259
2012$252
2011$285
2010$280
2009$313
2008$356
2007$317
2006$283
2005$279
2004$274
2003$244
2002$208
2001$201
2000$184
1999$199
1998$201
1997$210
1996$207
1995$195
1994$177
1993$168
1992$190
1991$178
1990$169
1989$124
1988$128
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
  • 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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