World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Ireland

Most recent: 0.2391 (2024)
Earliest: 1.33 (1960)
Highest: 1.665 (1980)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Ireland at the United Nations

Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2024	0.2391
2023	0.2304
2022	0.2125
2021	0.2386
2020	0.2627
2019	0.2733
2018	0.2801
2017	0.2961
2016	0.3279
2015	0.3299
2014	0.4477
2013	0.4916
2012	0.5093
2011	0.5395
2010	0.5746
2009	0.6012
2008	0.577
2007	0.5088
2006	0.5132
2005	0.5406
2004	0.5679
2003	0.5875
2002	0.6338
2001	0.7028
2000	0.695
1999	0.7501
1998	0.8231
1997	0.9236
1996	0.9909
1995	1.015
1994	1.109
1993	1.139
1992	1.204
1991	1.254
1990	1.204
1989	1.105
1988	1.199
1987	1.282
1986	1.423
1985	1.416
1984	1.412
1983	1.493
1982	1.591
1981	1.581
1980	1.665
1979	1.582
1978	1.483
1977	1.525
1976	1.615
1975	1.626
1974	1.407
1973	1.313
1972	1.329
1971	1.244
1970	1.159
1969	1.099
1968	1.133
1967	1.187
1966	1.234
1965	1.327
1964	1.303
1963	1.243
1962	1.29
1961	1.32
1960	1.33

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