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Arms imports in Singapore

Arms imports in Singapore: 1 million TIV in 1965 and 57 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
57 million TIV
Since 1965
+56 million TIV
World, 2025
33.3 billion TIV
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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Arms imports in SingaporeArms imports in Singapore: 1 million TIV in 1965 and 57 million TIV in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 1.4 billion TIV in 2009, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1965.
Estimates, SIPRIWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 1.4 billion TIV in 2009, the lowest 1 million TIV in 1965.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearSingaporeWorld
202557 million33.3 billion
2024378 million30.6 billion
2023495 million29.5 billion
2022516 million33 billion
2021226 million26.8 billion
2020176 million23.4 billion
2019487 million26.9 billion
2018562 million27.3 billion
2017408 million31.2 billion
2016642 million31.4 billion
2015152 million28.7 billion
201466 million27 billion
2013753 million27.4 billion
2012746 million27.9 billion
2011879 million29.9 billion
2010937 million25.8 billion
20091.4 billion24 billion
20081.11 billion24.1 billion
2007396 million26.5 billion
200674 million24.4 billion
2005538 million21.3 billion
2004374 million21.3 billion
200379 million19.2 billion
2002229 million17.7 billion
2001246 million18.3 billion
2000782 million20.5 billion
1999302 million25.3 billion
1998798 million27.9 billion
1997613 million28.9 billion
1996159 million23.7 billion
1995302 million22.9 billion
1994179 million22.8 billion
1993170 million25.8 billion
1992115 million24.3 billion
1991373 million27.8 billion
1990513 million28.6 billion
1989231 million31.7 billion
1988541 million32.9 billion
1987302 million36.2 billion
198684 million35.5 billion
1985123 million33.2 billion
198483 million36.8 billion
1983242 million39.1 billion
1982171 million41.4 billion
1981167 million42 billion
1980371 million37.4 billion
1979313 million33.3 billion
197850 million39.2 billion
1977171 million37 billion
1976252 million33 billion
1975253 million34.2 billion
1974282 million32.9 billion
197389 million32.6 billion
1972181 million28.7 billion
1971171 million29.3 billion
197092 million22.1 billion
1969139 million24.7 billion
19686 million22.4 billion
1967–22.1 billion
19668 million22.4 billion
19651 million23.1 billion
1964–24.2 billion
1963–18.1 billion
1962–15.5 billion
1961–15 billion
1960–15.7 billion

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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