Argentina vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 51 million TIV, or 1.89 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Singapore	World
2025	108 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	21 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	445 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	–	15 billion
1960	111 million	–	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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