Singapore vs Türkiye
Singapore vs Türkiye: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 381 million TIV in Türkiye, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 324 million TIV, or 6.68 times that in Singapore.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 million | 381 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 378 million | 381 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 495 million | 679 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 516 million | 187 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 226 million | 249 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 176 million | 110 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 487 million | 742 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 562 million | 476 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 408 million | 427 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 642 million | 324 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 152 million | 446 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 66 million | 1.53 billion | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 753 million | 769 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 746 million | 1.48 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 879 million | 794 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 937 million | 469 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.4 billion | 714 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.11 billion | 623 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 396 million | 675 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 74 million | 524 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 538 million | 1.08 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 374 million | 252 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 79 million | 327 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 229 million | 878 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 246 million | 501 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 782 million | 1.18 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 302 million | 1.73 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 798 million | 2.62 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 613 million | 1.51 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 159 million | 1.49 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 302 million | 1.56 billion | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 179 million | 1.89 billion | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 170 million | 2.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 115 million | 1.87 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 373 million | 1.29 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 513 million | 1.24 billion | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 231 million | 1.03 billion | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 541 million | 1.63 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 302 million | 1.43 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 84 million | 472 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 123 million | 678 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 83 million | 549 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 242 million | 503 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 171 million | 478 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 167 million | 726 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 371 million | 486 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 313 million | 917 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 50 million | 984 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 171 million | 293 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 252 million | 358 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 253 million | 640 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 282 million | 1.28 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 89 million | 790 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 181 million | 1.09 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 171 million | 941 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 92 million | 396 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 139 million | 628 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 6 million | 418 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 593 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 8 million | 525 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 million | 603 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 839 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 586 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 266 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 322 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 581 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.
- 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 exportsSingapore: 79 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025