Germany vs Singapore

Germany vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.58 billion TIV, or 29 times that in Singapore.

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Germany vs Singapore: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.58 billion TIV, or 29 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • Germany 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

YearGermanySingaporeWorld
20251.63 billion57 million33.3 billion
2024240 million378 million30.6 billion
2023203 million495 million29.5 billion
2022269 million516 million33 billion
2021235 million226 million26.8 billion
2020105 million176 million23.4 billion
201938 million487 million26.9 billion
201814 million562 million27.3 billion
201743 million408 million31.2 billion
201655 million642 million31.4 billion
2015119 million152 million28.7 billion
201477 million66 million27 billion
2013103 million753 million27.4 billion
2012140 million746 million27.9 billion
201179 million879 million29.9 billion
2010301 million937 million25.8 billion
2009329 million1.4 billion24 billion
2008277 million1.11 billion24.1 billion
200746 million396 million26.5 billion
2006413 million74 million24.4 billion
2005206 million538 million21.3 billion
2004245 million374 million21.3 billion
200370 million79 million19.2 billion
200271 million229 million17.7 billion
2001133 million246 million18.3 billion
2000113 million782 million20.5 billion
1999129 million302 million25.3 billion
1998618 million798 million27.9 billion
199760 million613 million28.9 billion
1996244 million159 million23.7 billion
1995222 million302 million22.9 billion
1994417 million179 million22.8 billion
1993529 million170 million25.8 billion
1992716 million115 million24.3 billion
1991750 million373 million27.8 billion
1990757 million513 million28.6 billion
1989701 million231 million31.7 billion
1988447 million541 million32.9 billion
1987340 million302 million36.2 billion
1986322 million84 million35.5 billion
1985130 million123 million33.2 billion
1984412 million83 million36.8 billion
1983434 million242 million39.1 billion
1982453 million171 million41.4 billion
1981261 million167 million42 billion
1980150 million371 million37.4 billion
197965 million313 million33.3 billion
1978661 million50 million39.2 billion
19771.01 billion171 million37 billion
19761.36 billion252 million33 billion
19751.83 billion253 million34.2 billion
19742.14 billion282 million32.9 billion
19731.72 billion89 million32.6 billion
1972796 million181 million28.7 billion
19712.24 billion171 million29.3 billion
19701.26 billion92 million22.1 billion
19691.23 billion139 million24.7 billion
19681.25 billion6 million22.4 billion
19671.39 billion–22.1 billion
19663.39 billion8 million22.4 billion
19653.52 billion1 million23.1 billion
19643.83 billion–24.2 billion
19633.31 billion–18.1 billion
19622.5 billion–15.5 billion
19612.09 billion–15 billion
19602.04 billion–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.

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