France vs Singapore
France vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 3.37 billion TIV in France and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 3.29 billion TIV, or 43 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France 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
| Year | France | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.37 billion | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 2.47 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 2.18 billion | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 3.16 billion | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 3.9 billion | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 2.29 billion | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 3.75 billion | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.87 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 2.34 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 2.19 billion | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 2.23 billion | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.76 billion | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 1.87 billion | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 1.34 billion | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 2.08 billion | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 888 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.85 billion | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1.87 billion | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.15 billion | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.48 billion | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 1.65 billion | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 2.12 billion | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 1.35 billion | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.38 billion | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.31 billion | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 966 million | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.68 billion | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 3.1 billion | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 3.18 billion | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1.84 billion | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 969 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 858 million | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 971 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.25 billion | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.17 billion | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 1.8 billion | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 2.27 billion | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 1.96 billion | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 1.75 billion | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 2.96 billion | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 3.99 billion | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.93 billion | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 3.41 billion | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 3.79 billion | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 3.68 billion | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 3.85 billion | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 2.97 billion | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 3.32 billion | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 2.74 billion | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 2.04 billion | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 2.32 billion | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.18 billion | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 2.97 billion | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2.69 billion | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2.36 billion | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 1.74 billion | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 1.52 billion | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 1.5 billion | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 1.6 billion | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 1.9 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 1.33 billion | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 1.33 billion | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | 912 million | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | 856 million | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | 866 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025