Israel vs Singapore
Israel vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 2.62 billion TIV in Israel and 79 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 2.54 billion TIV, or 33 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.62 billion | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | 1.16 billion | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 1.27 billion | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 1.03 billion | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 687 million | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 356 million | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | 385 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | 1.14 billion | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | 1.22 billion | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 1.26 billion | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 573 million | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 408 million | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 414 million | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 482 million | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 590 million | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 695 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 819 million | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | 389 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 613 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 451 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | 521 million | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 599 million | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 418 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 532 million | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 467 million | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 407 million | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 177 million | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 227 million | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 271 million | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 335 million | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 206 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 337 million | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 416 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 354 million | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 157 million | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 73 million | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 190 million | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 63 million | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 130 million | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | 333 million | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 202 million | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 202 million | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 364 million | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | 261 million | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 196 million | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | 241 million | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 188 million | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 222 million | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 201 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 80 million | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 109 million | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | 43 million | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | 18 million | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 35 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 27 million | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | 21 million | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | 48 million | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 55 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 45 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | 46 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | 34 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | 5 million | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 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
Israel vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025