China vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 150 million TIV, or 3.63 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China 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	China	Singapore	World
2025	207 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	66 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	167 million	42 billion
1980	4 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	–	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	–	15.7 billion

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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.

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