Singapore vs Tanzania
Singapore vs Tanzania: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 3.05% of GDP in Singapore and 1.16% of GDP in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 1.89 percentage points, or 2.63 times that in Tanzania.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher since 1987, when it overtook Tanzania.
- In 2025, Singapore ranked 27 and Tanzania ranked 101 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.05 | 1.16 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 1.17 |
| 2023 | 2.77 | 1.23 |
| 2022 | 2.36 | 1.19 |
| 2021 | 2.52 | 1.12 |
| 2020 | 2.81 | 1.08 |
| 2019 | 2.77 | 1.06 |
| 2018 | 2.81 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 2.97 | 1.06 |
| 2016 | 3.09 | 1.09 |
| 2015 | 3.05 | 1.09 |
| 2014 | 3.05 | 1.02 |
| 2013 | 3.04 | 0.97 |
| 2012 | 3.11 | 0.91 |
| 2011 | 3.19 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 3.38 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | 3.88 | 0.76 |
| 2008 | 3.85 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 3.6 | 0.76 |
| 2006 | 3.92 | 0.79 |
| 2005 | 4.28 | 0.82 |
| 2004 | 4.38 | 0.99 |
| 2003 | 4.84 | 1.07 |
| 2002 | 4.89 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 4.8 | 1.45 |
| 2000 | 4.51 | 1.49 |
| 1999 | 5.21 | 1.49 |
| 1998 | 5.21 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 4.45 | 1.54 |
| 1996 | 4.26 | 1.56 |
| 1995 | 4.18 | 1.63 |
| 1994 | 3.79 | 1.29 |
| 1993 | 4.09 | 1.38 |
| 1992 | 4.47 | 2.11 |
| 1991 | 4.45 | 2.18 |
| 1990 | 4.63 | 2.05 |
| 1989 | 4.49 | 2.38 |
| 1988 | 4.55 | 2.45 |
| 1987 | 4.87 | 3.15 |
| 1986 | 5.44 | 5.75 |
| 1985 | 5.66 | 5.39 |
| 1984 | 4.7 | 5.25 |
| 1983 | 4.07 | 5.41 |
| 1982 | 4.65 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 4.74 | 5.58 |
| 1980 | 4.64 | 4.52 |
| 1979 | 4.65 | 8.5 |
| 1978 | 5.2 | 10.11 |
| 1977 | 5.68 | 5.48 |
| 1976 | 5.04 | 4.69 |
| 1975 | 4.65 | 5.36 |
| 1974 | 4.29 | 5.36 |
| 1973 | 4.71 | 4.18 |
| 1972 | 5.09 | 3.43 |
| 1971 | 5.64 | 3.1 |
| 1970 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| 1969 | – | 1.74 |
| 1968 | – | 1.47 |
| 1967 | – | 1.42 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Singapore vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025