Singapore vs Türkiye
Singapore vs Türkiye: Arms exports
Arms exports in 2025: 79 million TIV in Singapore and 539 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 460 million TIV, or 6.82 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 million | 539 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 411 million | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | 11 million | 698 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 36 million | 628 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | 72 million | 526 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | 24 million | 275 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 286 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 257 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 184 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | 77 million | 258 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | 80 million | 244 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 12 million | 166 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | 7 million | 146 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 79 million | 149 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 17 million | 95 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 32 million | 79 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 35 million | 78 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 123 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 88 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 68 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 26 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | 65 million | 30 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 45 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 4 million | 28 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 5 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 12 million | 21 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 11 million | 46 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | 23 million | 3 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 46 million | 0 | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 1 million | 3 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 30 million | – | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 11 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 3 million | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 3 million | – | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | 44 million | – | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | 87 million | – | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | 25 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | 81 million | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | – | 39 billion |
| 1985 | 26 million | – | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 38 million | – | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | 25 million | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | – | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | 15 million | 11 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 23 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | 72 million | – | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | 29 million | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | 17 million | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | – | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | 2 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Türkiye: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSingapore: 59,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025