Japan vs Singapore

Japan vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.66 billion TIV, or 30 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Japan vs Singapore: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.66 billion TIV, or 30 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • Japan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Singapore.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearJapanSingaporeWorld
20251.72 billion57 million33.3 billion
20241.04 billion378 million30.6 billion
2023852 million495 million29.5 billion
20221.47 billion516 million33 billion
20211.01 billion226 million26.8 billion
2020929 million176 million23.4 billion
2019992 million487 million26.9 billion
2018764 million562 million27.3 billion
2017446 million408 million31.2 billion
2016332 million642 million31.4 billion
2015343 million152 million28.7 billion
2014316 million66 million27 billion
2013341 million753 million27.4 billion
2012239 million746 million27.9 billion
2011300 million879 million29.9 billion
2010658 million937 million25.8 billion
2009990 million1.4 billion24 billion
2008990 million1.11 billion24.1 billion
2007553 million396 million26.5 billion
2006469 million74 million24.4 billion
2005375 million538 million21.3 billion
2004399 million374 million21.3 billion
2003458 million79 million19.2 billion
2002442 million229 million17.7 billion
2001427 million246 million18.3 billion
2000497 million782 million20.5 billion
19991.26 billion302 million25.3 billion
19981.49 billion798 million27.9 billion
1997843 million613 million28.9 billion
1996876 million159 million23.7 billion
19951.26 billion302 million22.9 billion
19941.02 billion179 million22.8 billion
19932.13 billion170 million25.8 billion
19922.52 billion115 million24.3 billion
19912.94 billion373 million27.8 billion
19902.68 billion513 million28.6 billion
19892.28 billion231 million31.7 billion
19882 billion541 million32.9 billion
19871.94 billion302 million36.2 billion
19861.89 billion84 million35.5 billion
19851.97 billion123 million33.2 billion
19842.05 billion83 million36.8 billion
19831.69 billion242 million39.1 billion
19821.44 billion171 million41.4 billion
19811.31 billion167 million42 billion
19801.03 billion371 million37.4 billion
1979920 million313 million33.3 billion
1978901 million50 million39.2 billion
1977788 million171 million37 billion
19761.48 billion252 million33 billion
19751.6 billion253 million34.2 billion
1974733 million282 million32.9 billion
1973468 million89 million32.6 billion
1972493 million181 million28.7 billion
1971605 million171 million29.3 billion
1970502 million92 million22.1 billion
1969488 million139 million24.7 billion
1968557 million6 million22.4 billion
1967610 million–22.1 billion
1966324 million8 million22.4 billion
19651.16 billion1 million23.1 billion
19641.72 billion–24.2 billion
1963239 million–18.1 billion
1962263 million–15.5 billion
1961335 million–15 billion
1960790 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.

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