Singapore vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 27 million TIV, or 1.9 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher since 2008, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	South Africa	World
2025	57 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	378 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	495 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	516 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	226 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	176 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	487 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	562 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	408 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	642 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	66 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	753 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	746 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	879 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	937 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.4 billion	134 million	24 billion
2008	1.11 billion	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	396 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	74 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	538 million	262 million	21.3 billion
2004	374 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	79 million	–	19.2 billion
2002	229 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	246 million	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	782 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	302 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	798 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	613 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	159 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	302 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	179 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	170 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	115 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	373 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	513 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	231 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	541 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	302 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	84 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	123 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	83 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	242 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	171 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	167 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	371 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	50 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	171 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	252 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	253 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	282 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	89 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	181 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	92 million	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	139 million	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	8 million	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	13 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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