Singapore vs United Kingdom

Singapore vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 552 million TIV, or 11 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Singapore vs United Kingdom: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 552 million TIV, or 11 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • United Kingdom has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Singapore.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSingaporeUnited KingdomWorld
202557 million609 million33.3 billion
2024378 million486 million30.6 billion
2023495 million469 million29.5 billion
2022516 million859 million33 billion
2021226 million886 million26.8 billion
2020176 million635 million23.4 billion
2019487 million402 million26.9 billion
2018562 million463 million27.3 billion
2017408 million1 billion31.2 billion
2016642 million288 million31.4 billion
2015152 million424 million28.7 billion
201466 million217 million27 billion
2013753 million509 million27.4 billion
2012746 million566 million27.9 billion
2011879 million347 million29.9 billion
2010937 million461 million25.8 billion
20091.4 billion381 million24 billion
20081.11 billion575 million24.1 billion
2007396 million817 million26.5 billion
200674 million375 million24.4 billion
2005538 million31 million21.3 billion
2004374 million212 million21.3 billion
200379 million770 million19.2 billion
2002229 million721 million17.7 billion
2001246 million1.29 billion18.3 billion
2000782 million937 million20.5 billion
1999302 million132 million25.3 billion
1998798 million770 million27.9 billion
1997613 million513 million28.9 billion
1996159 million568 million23.7 billion
1995302 million496 million22.9 billion
1994179 million421 million22.8 billion
1993170 million796 million25.8 billion
1992115 million1.15 billion24.3 billion
1991373 million953 million27.8 billion
1990513 million130 million28.6 billion
1989231 million209 million31.7 billion
1988541 million285 million32.9 billion
1987302 million207 million36.2 billion
198684 million273 million35.5 billion
1985123 million355 million33.2 billion
198483 million682 million36.8 billion
1983242 million292 million39.1 billion
1982171 million766 million41.4 billion
1981167 million812 million42 billion
1980371 million557 million37.4 billion
1979313 million232 million33.3 billion
197850 million191 million39.2 billion
1977171 million262 million37 billion
1976252 million251 million33 billion
1975253 million337 million34.2 billion
1974282 million319 million32.9 billion
197389 million239 million32.6 billion
1972181 million222 million28.7 billion
1971171 million176 million29.3 billion
197092 million70 million22.1 billion
1969139 million2.7 billion24.7 billion
19686 million2.35 billion22.4 billion
1967–1.44 billion22.1 billion
19668 million242 million22.4 billion
19651 million166 million23.1 billion
1964–133 million24.2 billion
1963–159 million18.1 billion
1962–38 million15.5 billion
1961–34 million15 billion
1960–26 million15.7 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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