Singapore vs Netherlands: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 767 million TIV, or 14 times that in Singapore.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 57 million 2025 | 152 million | 54 of 110 |
| Netherlands | 824 million 2025 | 51 million | 12 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 million | 824 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 378 million | 333 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 495 million | 374 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 516 million | 725 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 226 million | 512 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 176 million | 575 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 487 million | 494 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 562 million | 139 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 408 million | 33 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 642 million | 69 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 152 million | 51 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 8 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 753 million | 488 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 746 million | 190 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 879 million | 115 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 937 million | 171 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.4 billion | 262 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.11 billion | 147 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 396 million | 221 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 74 million | 304 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 538 million | 86 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 374 million | 130 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 79 million | 128 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 229 million | 247 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 246 million | 164 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 782 million | 123 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 302 million | 278 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 798 million | 269 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 613 million | 126 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 159 million | 203 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 302 million | 84 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 179 million | 205 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 170 million | 140 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 115 million | 237 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 373 million | 322 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 513 million | 273 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 231 million | 705 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 541 million | 393 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 302 million | 614 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 84 million | 792 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 123 million | 892 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 83 million | 1.17 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 242 million | 1.33 billion | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 171 million | 1.24 billion | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 167 million | 755 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 371 million | 645 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 313 million | 792 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 50 million | 717 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 171 million | 606 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 252 million | 285 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 253 million | 108 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 282 million | 40 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 89 million | 21 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 181 million | 650 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 698 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 92 million | 699 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 139 million | 569 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | 288 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 751 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 8 million | 204 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 815 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.01 billion | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 767 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 294 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 227 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 255 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.
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