Brazil vs Singapore
Brazil vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 153 million TIV in Brazil and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 74 million TIV, or 1.94 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 million | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 112 million | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 54 million | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 10 million | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 86 million | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 164 million | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 21 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 102 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 36 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 134 million | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 53 million | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 31 million | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 31 million | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 33 million | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 32 million | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 147 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 44 million | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 93 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 54 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 44 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 46 million | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 21 million | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 18 million | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 27 million | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 27 million | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 38 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 54 million | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 40 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 99 million | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 129 million | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 108 million | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 53 million | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 208 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 216 million | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 140 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 209 million | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 280 million | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 204 million | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 128 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 71 million | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 160 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 80 million | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 204 million | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 156 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 76 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 69 million | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 12 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 0 | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 18 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 12 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 2 million | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Brazil vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025