Singapore vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 24 million TIV, or 1.73 times that in Thailand.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Thailand.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	Thailand	World
2025	57 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	378 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	495 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	516 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	226 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	176 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	487 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	562 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	408 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	642 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	66 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	753 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	746 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	879 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	937 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.4 billion	63 million	24 billion
2008	1.11 billion	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	396 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	74 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	538 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	374 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	79 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	229 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	246 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	782 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	302 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	798 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	613 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	159 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	302 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	179 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	170 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	115 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	373 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	513 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	231 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	541 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	302 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	84 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	123 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	83 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	242 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	171 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	167 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	371 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	50 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	171 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	252 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	253 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	282 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	89 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	181 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	92 million	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	139 million	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	8 million	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	52 million	15 billion
1960	–	28 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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