Egypt vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 697 million TIV in Egypt and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Egypt, by 640 million TIV, or 12 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Egypt 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	Egypt	Singapore	World
2025	697 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	128 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.15 billion	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	742 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	1.3 billion	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	1.4 billion	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.09 billion	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	1.64 billion	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	2.48 billion	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.65 billion	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.44 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	430 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	719 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	308 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	653 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	689 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	95 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	326 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	660 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	695 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	833 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	660 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	633 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	717 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	824 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	833 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	517 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	483 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	1.05 billion	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	969 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.7 billion	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	2.03 billion	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.26 billion	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	973 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	887 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	563 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	319 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	449 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	1.63 billion	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	1.47 billion	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	955 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	1.51 billion	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.7 billion	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.51 billion	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.2 billion	167 million	42 billion
1980	1.02 billion	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	631 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	136 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	410 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	159 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	566 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	1.11 billion	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	2.61 billion	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	3.26 billion	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	1.98 billion	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	1.98 billion	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	1.24 billion	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	1.28 billion	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	2.24 billion	–	22.1 billion
1966	1.54 billion	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	962 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	851 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	741 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	685 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	544 million	–	15 billion
1960	164 million	–	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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