Singapore vs Spain
Singapore vs Spain: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 180 million TIV, or 4.16 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Spain 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 | Singapore | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 million | 237 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 378 million | 159 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 495 million | 159 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 516 million | 198 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 226 million | 134 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 176 million | 70 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 487 million | 35 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 562 million | 149 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 408 million | 82 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 642 million | 104 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 152 million | 152 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 109 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 753 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 746 million | 219 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 879 million | 166 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 937 million | 272 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.4 billion | 228 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.11 billion | 347 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 396 million | 343 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 74 million | 312 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 538 million | 358 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 374 million | 288 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 79 million | 239 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 229 million | 266 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 246 million | 140 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 782 million | 315 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 302 million | 357 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 798 million | 82 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 613 million | 192 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 159 million | 395 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 302 million | 355 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 179 million | 838 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 170 million | 299 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 115 million | 207 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 373 million | 109 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 513 million | 691 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 231 million | 835 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 541 million | 1.95 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 302 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 84 million | 1.08 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 123 million | 327 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 83 million | 81 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 242 million | 614 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 171 million | 512 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 167 million | 636 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 371 million | 689 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 313 million | 650 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 50 million | 432 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 171 million | 312 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 252 million | 831 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 253 million | 1.16 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 282 million | 557 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 89 million | 895 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 181 million | 793 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 637 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 92 million | 234 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 139 million | 181 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | 133 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 303 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 8 million | 307 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 382 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 51 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 15 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 55 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 103 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 214 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
Singapore vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025