Philippines vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 846 million TIV in Philippines and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 789 million TIV, or 15 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Philippines 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	Philippines	Singapore	World
2025	846 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	305 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	108 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	280 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	365 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	385 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	191 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	17 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	278 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	228 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	153 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	83 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	21 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	63 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	3 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	1 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	10 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	16 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	23 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	12 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	34 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	10 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	5 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	10 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	–	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	–	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	64 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	72 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	43 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	30 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	72 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	62 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	43 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	34 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	33 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	19 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	12 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	26 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	–	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	23 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	38 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	116 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	17 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	39 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	75 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	92 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	143 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	198 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	256 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	133 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	60 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	106 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	50 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	90 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	9 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	26 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	16 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	43 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	86 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	99 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	2 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	4 million	–	18.1 billion
1962	11 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	44 million	–	15 billion
1960	50 million	–	15.7 billion

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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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