Poland vs Singapore
Poland vs Singapore: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 2.17 billion TIV in Poland and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.11 billion TIV, or 38 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Poland | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.17 billion | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.54 billion | 378 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.39 billion | 495 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 414 million | 516 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 68 million | 226 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 153 million | 176 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 213 million | 487 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 50 million | 562 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 126 million | 408 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 45 million | 642 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 127 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 275 million | 66 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 146 million | 753 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 227 million | 746 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 141 million | 879 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 174 million | 937 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 193 million | 1.4 billion | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 633 million | 1.11 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 969 million | 396 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 442 million | 74 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 105 million | 538 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 223 million | 374 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 347 million | 79 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 253 million | 229 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 31 million | 246 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 146 million | 782 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 23 million | 302 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 798 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 613 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 101 million | 159 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 250 million | 302 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 179 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 4 million | 170 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 100 million | 115 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 76 million | 373 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 226 million | 513 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 501 million | 231 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 903 million | 541 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.04 billion | 302 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.39 billion | 84 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 925 million | 123 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 466 million | 83 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 536 million | 242 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 709 million | 171 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 804 million | 167 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.12 billion | 371 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.19 billion | 313 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.19 billion | 50 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.02 billion | 171 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.1 billion | 252 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 887 million | 253 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.06 billion | 282 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.11 billion | 89 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 958 million | 181 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.01 billion | 171 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 859 million | 92 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 992 million | 139 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 927 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 781 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 1 billion | 8 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1.16 billion | 1 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.57 billion | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.02 billion | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 685 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 864 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 889 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
Poland vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancyPoland: 78.6 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPoland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPoland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPoland: 88.9% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionPoland: 2.25% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide ratePoland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPoland: 38.8 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthPoland: -0.26% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePoland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPoland: 60.1% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median agePoland: 41.3 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPoland: 19.6% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration ratePoland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPoland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPoland: $42.5B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personPoland: $1,219 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPoland: 9% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPoland: 189,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerPoland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPoland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsPoland: 59 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025