Indonesia vs Singapore
Indonesia vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.22 billion TIV, or 22 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Indonesia 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 | Indonesia | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.28 billion | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 185 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 390 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 86 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 366 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 283 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 239 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 357 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 1.17 billion | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 352 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 438 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 1.2 billion | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 833 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 162 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 257 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 221 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 443 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 239 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 578 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 63 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 33 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 77 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 353 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 67 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 22 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 171 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 161 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 85 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 101 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 378 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 284 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 472 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 210 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 51 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 11 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 202 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 249 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 285 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 265 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 433 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 291 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 102 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 224 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 356 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 790 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 898 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 370 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 124 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 156 million | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 4 million | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 73 million | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 73 million | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 5 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 92 million | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 27 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 9 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 0 | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 17 million | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 317 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 596 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 206 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.03 billion | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 780 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 448 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
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 exportsIndonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025