Saudi Arabia vs Singapore
Saudi Arabia vs Singapore: Arms exports
Arms exports: 3 million TIV in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 79 million TIV in Singapore in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Singapore, by 8 million TIV, or 3.67 times that in Saudi Arabia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Saudi Arabia.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 79 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 3 million | 11 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 36 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 72 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 24 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 5 million | 77 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 3 million | 80 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 12 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 7 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 79 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 58 million | 17 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 1 million | 32 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 35 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 18 million | – | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 65 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 4 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 12 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 11 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 23 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 46 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 30 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 12 million | 11 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 3 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 3 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 44 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 87 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 25 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 81 million | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 4 million | 26 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 6 million | 38 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 25 million | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 33 million | 15 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | – | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 5 million | 72 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 29 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | 13 million | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 17 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | 3 million | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | 4 million | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 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
Saudi Arabia vs Singapore
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025