Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Arms exports

Arms exports in 2025: 79 million TIV in Singapore and 33 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 46 million TIV, or 2.39 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher since 2025, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 33.5 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	79 million	33 million	33.5 billion
2024	–	119 million	30.7 billion
2023	11 million	64 million	29.5 billion
2022	36 million	17 million	33.3 billion
2021	72 million	57 million	27.1 billion
2020	24 million	209 million	24.1 billion
2019	–	131 million	27 billion
2018	–	120 million	27.4 billion
2017	–	106 million	31.3 billion
2016	77 million	111 million	31.5 billion
2015	80 million	143 million	28.7 billion
2014	12 million	100 million	27.1 billion
2013	7 million	115 million	27.4 billion
2012	79 million	75 million	27.9 billion
2011	17 million	3 million	29.9 billion
2010	32 million	39 million	25.8 billion
2009	35 million	34 million	24.4 billion
2008	–	–	24.1 billion
2007	–	3 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	17 million	24.5 billion
2005	–	15 million	21.4 billion
2004	65 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2003	–	–	19.2 billion
2002	4 million	–	17.7 billion
2001	–	–	18.5 billion
2000	12 million	–	20.5 billion
1999	11 million	–	25.4 billion
1998	23 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	46 million	37 million	28.9 billion
1996	1 million	6 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	28 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	2 million	30.2 billion
1989	87 million	–	34.9 billion
1988	25 million	–	36.8 billion
1987	81 million	2 million	39.4 billion
1986	–	22 million	39 billion
1985	26 million	–	38.2 billion
1984	38 million	–	41.6 billion
1983	25 million	14 million	43.9 billion
1982	–	–	46.2 billion
1981	15 million	–	45.8 billion
1980	–	–	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	–	8 million	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.

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