Singapore vs United States

Singapore vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 688 million TIV, or 13 times that in Singapore.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Singapore vs United States: Arms importsArms imports in 2025: 57 million TIV in Singapore and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 688 million TIV, or 13 times that in Singapore.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Singapore.
  • The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSingaporeUnited StatesWorld
202557 million745 million33.3 billion
2024378 million1.05 billion30.6 billion
2023495 million891 million29.5 billion
2022516 million846 million33 billion
2021226 million922 million26.8 billion
2020176 million806 million23.4 billion
2019487 million882 million26.9 billion
2018562 million379 million27.3 billion
2017408 million504 million31.2 billion
2016642 million447 million31.4 billion
2015152 million482 million28.7 billion
201466 million568 million27 billion
2013753 million767 million27.4 billion
2012746 million1.14 billion27.9 billion
2011879 million937 million29.9 billion
2010937 million969 million25.8 billion
20091.4 billion939 million24 billion
20081.11 billion936 million24.1 billion
2007396 million842 million26.5 billion
200674 million706 million24.4 billion
2005538 million582 million21.3 billion
2004374 million596 million21.3 billion
200379 million630 million19.2 billion
2002229 million515 million17.7 billion
2001246 million508 million18.3 billion
2000782 million333 million20.5 billion
1999302 million220 million25.3 billion
1998798 million262 million27.9 billion
1997613 million610 million28.9 billion
1996159 million601 million23.7 billion
1995302 million809 million22.9 billion
1994179 million951 million22.8 billion
1993170 million968 million25.8 billion
1992115 million540 million24.3 billion
1991373 million515 million27.8 billion
1990513 million363 million28.6 billion
1989231 million1.78 billion31.7 billion
1988541 million1.79 billion32.9 billion
1987302 million2 billion36.2 billion
198684 million424 million35.5 billion
1985123 million655 million33.2 billion
198483 million381 million36.8 billion
1983242 million463 million39.1 billion
1982171 million248 million41.4 billion
1981167 million531 million42 billion
1980371 million380 million37.4 billion
1979313 million253 million33.3 billion
197850 million369 million39.2 billion
1977171 million384 million37 billion
1976252 million499 million33 billion
1975253 million388 million34.2 billion
1974282 million586 million32.9 billion
197389 million656 million32.6 billion
1972181 million769 million28.7 billion
1971171 million578 million29.3 billion
197092 million38 million22.1 billion
1969139 million50 million24.7 billion
19686 million62 million22.4 billion
1967–88 million22.1 billion
19668 million89 million22.4 billion
19651 million170 million23.1 billion
1964–358 million24.2 billion
1963–283 million18.1 billion
1962–236 million15.5 billion
1961–198 million15 billion
1960–181 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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