Original source: https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/military-expenditure

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/military/_archive/tradingeconomics-nz-ireland-2024/tradingeconomics-nz-ireland-2024.pdf.

NZ & Ireland military expenditure — Trading Economics (SIPRI)

Used to pin the fairness-tier large peers in full USD (defeats the billions/millions units trap in the ranking tables).

• New Zealand 2024: US$3,001 million (~$3.0B). Population ~5.36M — comparable to Province of Alberta (~4.96M).
• Ireland 2024: US$1,330.5 million (up from $1,269.2M in 2023). Population ~5.46M — comparable to Alberta.
• Croatia most-recent full-year ~US$1.3B (population ~3.87M).

Companion source: https://tradingeconomics.com/ireland/military-expenditure