India vs Singapore: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 81 million TIV in India and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2 million TIV, or 1.03 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	India	Singapore	World
2025	81 million	79 million	33.5 billion
2024	94 million	–	30.7 billion
2023	41 million	11 million	29.5 billion
2022	7 million	36 million	33.3 billion
2021	54 million	72 million	27.1 billion
2020	153 million	24 million	24.1 billion
2019	20 million	–	27 billion
2018	47 million	–	27.4 billion
2017	56 million	–	31.3 billion
2016	49 million	77 million	31.5 billion
2015	42 million	80 million	28.7 billion
2014	40 million	12 million	27.1 billion
2013	18 million	7 million	27.4 billion
2012	–	79 million	27.9 billion
2011	3 million	17 million	29.9 billion
2010	5 million	32 million	25.8 billion
2009	27 million	35 million	24.4 billion
2008	15 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	23 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	33 million	–	24.5 billion
2005	19 million	–	21.4 billion
2004	31 million	65 million	21.3 billion
2003	4 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	0	4 million	17.7 billion
2001	2 million	–	18.5 billion
2000	21 million	12 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	11 million	25.4 billion
1998	–	23 million	27.9 billion
1997	–	46 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	1 million	23.7 billion
1995	2 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	2 million	30 million	23 billion
1993	9 million	11 million	25.8 billion
1992	7 million	3 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	3 million	28.2 billion
1990	7 million	44 million	30.2 billion
1989	–	87 million	34.9 billion
1988	1 million	25 million	36.8 billion
1987	–	81 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	–	39 billion
1985	–	26 million	38.2 billion
1984	–	38 million	41.6 billion
1983	–	25 million	43.9 billion
1982	2 million	–	46.2 billion
1981	–	15 million	45.8 billion
1980	–	–	42.2 billion
1979	22 million	72 million	38.4 billion
1978	27 million	29 million	42.4 billion
1977	–	–	40 billion
1976	–	–	36 billion
1975	31 million	17 million	37.2 billion
1974	24 million	–	36.6 billion
1973	21 million	–	36.3 billion
1972	2 million	–	34.5 billion
1971	7 million	2 million	32.9 billion
1970	–	–	25.3 billion
1969	–	–	28.1 billion
1968	1 million	–	26.1 billion
1967	–	–	25.6 billion
1966	–	–	25.8 billion
1965	–	–	25.8 billion
1964	–	–	26.7 billion
1963	–	–	20.3 billion
1962	–	–	17.5 billion
1961	–	–	16.4 billion
1960	–	–	17.6 billion

Each country on its own

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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.

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