Ireland's arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) was 14 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 67.44% from 43 million in 2015 (10.61% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 43 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 63 million | 2023 |
| Lowest | 0 | 2000 |
| Average since 2016 | 21.5 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 1 million |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 62 million in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 41 million in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
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 77th highest value of the 105 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 | 14 million | 2025 |
| World | 33.33 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 14.57 billion | 2025 |
| High income | 20.57 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Ireland in the 2025 ranking
- Kazakhstan — 75th of 105: 18 million
- Côte d'Ivoire — 76th of 105: 15 million
- Chile — 77th of 105: 14 million
- Mozambique — 79th of 105: 14 million
- Dominican Republic — 80th of 105: 13 million
- Luxembourg — 81st of 105: 11 million
What this measures
Arms transfers (imports) 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 41 values
| Year | Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,000,000 |
| 2024 | no data |
| 2023 | 63,000,000 |
| 2022 | 1,000,000 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | 9,000,000 |
| 2019 | 35,000,000 |
| 2018 | 5,000,000 |
| 2017 | 2,000,000 |
| 2016 | 43,000,000 |
| 2015 |
Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in nearby economies
- Albania — 23 million (2025)
- Armenia — 21 million (2025)
- Austria — 29 million (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 463 million (2025)
- Belarus — 466 million (2025)
- Belgium — 430 million (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1 million (2025)
- Bulgaria — 540 million (2025)
- Croatia — 141 million (2025)
- Cyprus — 28 million (2025)
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 imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)?
- 14 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1,300% from 1 million in 1960 (4.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 63 million in 2023 and the lowest 0 in 2000.
- How does Ireland rank?
- 77th highest of 105 economies with data for 2025.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Arms Transfers Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), uri: https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator MS.MIL.MPRT.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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