Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 811 million TIV, or 15 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Singapore.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	57 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	378 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	495 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	516 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	226 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	176 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	487 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	562 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	408 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	642 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	152 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	66 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	753 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	746 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	879 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	937 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.4 billion	604 million	24 billion
2008	1.11 billion	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	396 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	74 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	538 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	374 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	79 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	229 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	246 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	782 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	302 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	798 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	613 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	159 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	302 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	179 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	170 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	115 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	373 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	513 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	231 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	541 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	302 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	84 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	123 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	83 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	242 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	171 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	167 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	371 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	313 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	50 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	171 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	252 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	253 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	282 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	89 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	181 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	92 million	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	139 million	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	6 million	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	8 million	–	22.4 billion
1965	1 million	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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.

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Deaths in conflictsSingapore: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022