Singapore vs Tanzania
Singapore vs Tanzania: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $16.9B in Singapore and $983M in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by $15.9B, or 17 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Singapore ranked 23 and Tanzania ranked 81 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.9B | $983M |
| 2024 | $15.3B | $930M |
| 2023 | $14.4B | $909M |
| 2022 | $13.3B | $838M |
| 2021 | $12.6B | $753M |
| 2020 | $11.8B | $698M |
| 2019 | $12.4B | $657M |
| 2018 | $12.5B | $650M |
| 2017 | $12.4B | $618M |
| 2016 | $12.1B | $615M |
| 2015 | $11.4B | $562M |
| 2014 | $10.6B | $484M |
| 2013 | $10.3B | $434M |
| 2012 | $10.4B | $376M |
| 2011 | $10.6B | $370M |
| 2010 | $11B | $344M |
| 2009 | $11.2B | $265M |
| 2008 | $10.9B | $238M |
| 2007 | $10.8B | $234M |
| 2006 | $10.4B | $224M |
| 2005 | $10.3B | $205M |
| 2004 | $9.7B | $190M |
| 2003 | $9.52B | $186M |
| 2002 | $9.43B | $205M |
| 2001 | $8.94B | $210M |
| 2000 | $8.73B | $180M |
| 1999 | $9.03B | $169M |
| 1998 | $8.86B | $170M |
| 1997 | $7.83B | $156M |
| 1996 | $6.98B | $146M |
| 1995 | $6.37B | $148M |
| 1994 | $5.32B | $115M |
| 1993 | $5.14B | $123M |
| 1992 | $4.99B | $187M |
| 1991 | $4.69B | $187M |
| 1990 | $4.53B | $172M |
| 1989 | $3.95B | $208M |
| 1988 | $3.57B | $215M |
| 1987 | $3.31B | $236M |
| 1986 | $3.33B | $252M |
| 1985 | $3.42B | $237M |
| 1984 | $2.91B | $234M |
| 1983 | $2.36B | $263M |
| 1982 | $2.44B | $307M |
| 1981 | $2.31B | $319M |
| 1980 | $2.08B | $278M |
| 1979 | $1.85B | $587M |
| 1978 | $1.87B | $699M |
| 1977 | $1.91B | $362M |
| 1976 | $1.6B | $293M |
| 1975 | $1.33B | $278M |
| 1974 | $1.17B | $295M |
| 1973 | $1.28B | $225M |
| 1972 | $1.32B | $174M |
| 1971 | $1.25B | $149M |
| 1970 | $1.03B | $108M |
| 1969 | – | $76.1M |
| 1968 | – | $71.6M |
| 1967 | – | $74.6M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP 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