Ireland's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 24 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 140% from 10 million in 2015 (9.15% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 24 million | 2025 |
| Ten years earlier | 10 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 53 million | 2006 |
| Lowest | 1 million | 2011 |
| Average since 2021 | 25.25 million | 2021–2025 |
| First recorded | 26 million | 2005 |
Since 2005 it is down 7.69% from 26 million in 2005 (0.4% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ireland's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 33.3% on 2024 (from 18 million to 24 million).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +403.1% and a typical year strayed about 1,295.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4,300% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 97.6% in 2011. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Ireland had the 36th highest value of the 42 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 24 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.54 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 12.82 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 31.27 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Ireland in the 2025 ranking
- Kyrgyz Republic — 33rd of 42: 34 million
- United Arab Emirates — 34th of 42: 33 million
- Japan — 35th of 42: 28 million
- Slovak Republic — 37th of 42: 9 million
- Greece — 38th of 42: 2 million
- Qatar — 39th of 42: 2 million
What this measures
Arms transfers (exports) cover the volume of transfers of major arms through sales and gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs). A '0' indicates that the volume of deliveries is between 0 and 0.5 million SIPRI TIV.
Limitations: SIPRI calculates the volume of transfers to, from and between all parties using the TIV and the number of weapon systems or subsystems delivered in a given year. This data is intended to provide a common unit to allow the measurement if trends in the flow of arms to particular countries and regions over time. Therefore, the main priority is to ensure that the TIV system remains consistent over time, and that any changes introduced are backdated. SIPRI TIV figures do not represent sales prices for arms transfers.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 15 values
| Year | Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 24,000,000 |
| 2024 | 18,000,000 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | 46,000,000 |
| 2021 | 13,000,000 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 |
Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
More public sector data for Ireland
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 1.55 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 1.38 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 0.22% (2025)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 10.02 billion (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 1.78% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current LCU) — 24.8 billion (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (% of GDP) — 4.41% (2024)
- Social contributions (current LCU) — 22.5 billion (2024)
- Social contributions (% of revenue) — 15.57% (2024)
- Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ireland's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 24 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 7.69% from 26 million in 2005 (0.4% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 53 million in 2006 and the lowest 1 million in 2011.
- How does Ireland rank?
- 36th highest of 42 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) unusual for Ireland?
- In 2025, Ireland's arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) rose 33.3% on 2024 (from 18 million to 24 million). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +403.1% and a typical year strayed about 1,295.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.XPRT.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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