China vs Singapore

China vs Singapore: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 801 million TIV, or 11 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

China vs Singapore: Arms exportsArms exports in 2025: 880 million TIV in China and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 801 million TIV, or 11 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
  • The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearChinaSingaporeWorld
2025880 million79 million33.5 billion
20241.29 billion–30.7 billion
20232.75 billion11 million29.5 billion
20222.32 billion36 million33.3 billion
20211.34 billion72 million27.1 billion
2020645 million24 million24.1 billion
20191.6 billion–27 billion
20181.39 billion–27.4 billion
20171.64 billion–31.3 billion
20162.48 billion77 million31.5 billion
20151.84 billion80 million28.7 billion
20141.35 billion12 million27.1 billion
20132.1 billion7 million27.4 billion
20121.5 billion79 million27.9 billion
20111.31 billion17 million29.9 billion
20101.53 billion32 million25.8 billion
20091.14 billion35 million24.4 billion
2008598 million–24.1 billion
2007520 million–26.5 billion
2006769 million–24.5 billion
2005341 million–21.4 billion
2004408 million65 million21.3 billion
2003701 million–19.2 billion
2002524 million4 million17.7 billion
2001510 million–18.5 billion
2000309 million12 million20.5 billion
1999334 million11 million25.4 billion
1998349 million23 million27.9 billion
1997427 million46 million28.9 billion
1996764 million1 million23.7 billion
1995981 million–22.9 billion
19941.06 billion30 million23 billion
19931.44 billion11 million25.8 billion
1992672 million3 million24.3 billion
19911.32 billion3 million28.2 billion
1990955 million44 million30.2 billion
19891.06 billion87 million34.9 billion
19881.43 billion25 million36.8 billion
19872.6 billion81 million39.4 billion
19861.86 billion–39 billion
19851.29 billion26 million38.2 billion
19841.94 billion38 million41.6 billion
19831.76 billion25 million43.9 billion
19821.56 billion–46.2 billion
1981707 million15 million45.8 billion
1980943 million–42.2 billion
1979553 million72 million38.4 billion
1978611 million29 million42.4 billion
1977224 million–40 billion
1976580 million–36 billion
1975661 million17 million37.2 billion
1974508 million–36.6 billion
1973658 million–36.3 billion
19721.25 billion–34.5 billion
19711.31 billion2 million32.9 billion
1970905 million–25.3 billion
1969669 million–28.1 billion
1968746 million–26.1 billion
1967426 million–25.6 billion
1966628 million–25.8 billion
1965387 million–25.8 billion
196475 million–26.7 billion
196312 million–20.3 billion
196247 million–17.5 billion
196135 million–16.4 billion
1960285 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.

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