Saudi Arabia vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 2.99 billion TIV, or 53 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Saudi Arabia	Singapore	World
2025	3.04 billion	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.24 billion	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	1.33 billion	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	3.05 billion	516 million	33 billion
2021	1.75 billion	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	2.24 billion	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	3.03 billion	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.94 billion	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	3.85 billion	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	2.91 billion	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	3.47 billion	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	2.72 billion	66 million	27 billion
2013	1.69 billion	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	835 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.18 billion	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	1.11 billion	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	828 million	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	389 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	229 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	207 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	166 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	1.16 billion	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	158 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	559 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	59 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	104 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.58 billion	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	2.89 billion	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	2.79 billion	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.73 billion	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	985 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	981 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.35 billion	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.15 billion	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	1.04 billion	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.04 billion	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	1.38 billion	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	784 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	2.01 billion	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	2.84 billion	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.31 billion	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	824 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	1.82 billion	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	2.22 billion	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.82 billion	167 million	42 billion
1980	1.09 billion	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	767 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	1.01 billion	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.02 billion	171 million	37 billion
1976	702 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	372 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	547 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	202 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	130 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	87 million	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	416 million	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	448 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	222 million	–	22.1 billion
1966	227 million	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	48 million	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	5 million	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	22 million	–	15.5 billion
1961	8 million	–	15 billion
1960	6 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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