Singapore
Military share of state spending in Singapore
Military share of state spending in Singapore: 29.9% of government spending in 1990 and 18% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 18% of government spending
- Since 1990
- −11.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 9 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 39.2% of government spending in 2007, the lowest 11.4% of government spending in 2020.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2023 | 18.3 |
| 2022 | 15.8 |
| 2021 | 15.4 |
| 2020 | 11.4 |
| 2019 | 19.7 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2017 | 21.6 |
| 2016 | 19.8 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2014 | 23.9 |
| 2013 | 27.6 |
| 2012 | 31.4 |
| 2011 | 32.6 |
| 2010 | 32.2 |
| 2009 | 23.4 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2007 | 39.2 |
| 2006 | 30.9 |
| 2005 | 33.7 |
| 2004 | 30.6 |
| 2003 | 30.1 |
| 2002 | 30.4 |
| 2001 | 26.5 |
| 2000 | 27.4 |
| 1999 | 31.8 |
| 1998 | 29.3 |
| 1997 | 30.4 |
| 1996 | 23.2 |
| 1995 | 29.4 |
| 1994 | 33 |
| 1993 | 27.2 |
| 1992 | 29.7 |
| 1991 | 27.5 |
| 1990 | 29.9 |
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,980 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel59,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports79 million TIV in 2025