Indonesia vs Singapore
Indonesia vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports: 17 million TIV in Indonesia in 2021 and 79 million TIV in Singapore in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2021 the value was higher in Singapore, by 55 million TIV, or 4.24 times that in Indonesia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Indonesia.
- The world as a whole: 27.1 billion TIV in 2021.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Indonesia | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 17 million | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 9 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 15 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 94 million | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 85 million | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 4 million | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 1 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 9 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 9 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 27 million | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 54 million | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 18 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 54 million | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 9 million | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 27 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 18 million | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 18 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 8 million | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 4 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 9 million | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 12 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | 7 million | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 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
Indonesia vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025