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
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
| Year | Germany | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 billion | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 240 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 203 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 269 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 235 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 105 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 38 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 43 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 119 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 77 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 103 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 140 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 79 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 301 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 329 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 277 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 46 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 413 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 206 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 245 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 70 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 71 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 133 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 113 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 129 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 618 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 60 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 244 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 222 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 417 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 529 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 716 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 750 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 757 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 701 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 447 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 340 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 322 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 130 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 412 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 434 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 453 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 261 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 150 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 65 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 661 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.01 billion | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.36 billion | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.83 billion | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.14 billion | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.72 billion | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 796 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2.24 billion | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.26 billion | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.23 billion | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.25 billion | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1.39 billion | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 3.39 billion | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 3.52 billion | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 3.83 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 3.31 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 2.5 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2.09 billion | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2.04 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Germany vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025