Italy vs Singapore
Italy vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 509 million TIV, or 9.93 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Italy | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 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
Italy vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025