Canada vs Singapore
Canada vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 26 million TIV, or 1.46 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada 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 | Canada | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 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
Canada vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025