Brazil vs Singapore
Brazil vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 405 million TIV, or 8.11 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 462 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 450 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 193 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 469 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 240 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 134 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 125 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 258 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 96 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 111 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 202 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 201 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 217 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 317 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 231 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 256 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 135 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 178 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 188 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 178 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 223 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 85 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 110 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 221 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 573 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 86 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 308 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 200 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 476 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 547 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 267 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 311 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 66 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 98 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 161 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 140 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 742 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 125 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 234 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 139 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 82 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 123 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 88 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 72 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 61 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 338 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 375 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 832 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 525 million | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 551 million | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 538 million | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 256 million | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 598 million | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 520 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 217 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 108 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 236 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 218 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 57 million | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 149 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 25 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 127 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 62 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 212 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 236 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
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 exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025