France vs Singapore
France vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 179 million TIV, or 4.14 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France 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 | France | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 236 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 183 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 114 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 130 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 105 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 225 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 104 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 201 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 84 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 38 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 36 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 104 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 86 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 41 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 103 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 72 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 2 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 75 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 2 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 93 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 55 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 38 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 61 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 98 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 105 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 223 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 64 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 84 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 102 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 439 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 963 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 77 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 107 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 134 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 84 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 100 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 20 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 73 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 108 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 142 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 106 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 70 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 107 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 231 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 194 million | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 186 million | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 45 million | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 46 million | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 51 million | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 33 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 57 million | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 44 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 64 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 123 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 98 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 106 million | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 378 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.3 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 162 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 122 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 321 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 526 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
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 exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025