Austria vs Singapore
Austria vs Singapore: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $697 in Austria and $2,980 in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $2,283, or 4.28 times that in Austria.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Austria ranked 32 and Singapore ranked 3 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Austria | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $697 | $2,980 |
| 2024 | $580 | $2,637 |
| 2023 | $487 | $2,424 |
| 2022 | $402 | $2,167 |
| 2021 | $469 | $1,981 |
| 2020 | $431 | $1,724 |
| 2019 | $377 | $1,839 |
| 2018 | $384 | $1,886 |
| 2017 | $359 | $1,823 |
| 2016 | $332 | $1,776 |
| 2015 | $310 | $1,709 |
| 2014 | $388 | $1,769 |
| 2013 | $382 | $1,748 |
| 2012 | $379 | $1,750 |
| 2011 | $407 | $1,741 |
| 2010 | $385 | $1,612 |
| 2009 | $400 | $1,536 |
| 2008 | $451 | $1,584 |
| 2007 | $423 | $1,453 |
| 2006 | $320 | $1,348 |
| 2005 | $328 | $1,298 |
| 2004 | $329 | $1,220 |
| 2003 | $294 | $1,141 |
| 2002 | $233 | $1,090 |
| 2001 | $223 | $1,056 |
| 2000 | $241 | $1,085 |
| 1999 | $266 | $1,140 |
| 1998 | $271 | $1,157 |
| 1997 | $272 | $1,194 |
| 1996 | $309 | $1,140 |
| 1995 | $322 | $1,058 |
| 1994 | $281 | $831 |
| 1993 | $268 | $759 |
| 1992 | $274 | $733 |
| 1991 | $259 | $655 |
| 1990 | $258 | $603 |
| 1989 | $214 | $488 |
| 1988 | $226 | $429 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Austria vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025