Singapore
Military spending in US dollars in Singapore
Military spending in US dollars in Singapore: $1.03B in 1970 and $16.9B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $16.9B
- Since 1970
- +$15.9B
- Rank, 2025
- 23 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $16.9B |
| 2024 | $15.3B |
| 2023 | $14.4B |
| 2022 | $13.3B |
| 2021 | $12.6B |
| 2020 | $11.8B |
| 2019 | $12.4B |
| 2018 | $12.5B |
| 2017 | $12.4B |
| 2016 | $12.1B |
| 2015 | $11.4B |
| 2014 | $10.6B |
| 2013 | $10.3B |
| 2012 | $10.4B |
| 2011 | $10.6B |
| 2010 | $11B |
| 2009 | $11.2B |
| 2008 | $10.9B |
| 2007 | $10.8B |
| 2006 | $10.4B |
| 2005 | $10.3B |
| 2004 | $9.7B |
| 2003 | $9.52B |
| 2002 | $9.43B |
| 2001 | $8.94B |
| 2000 | $8.73B |
| 1999 | $9.03B |
| 1998 | $8.86B |
| 1997 | $7.83B |
| 1996 | $6.98B |
| 1995 | $6.37B |
| 1994 | $5.32B |
| 1993 | $5.14B |
| 1992 | $4.99B |
| 1991 | $4.69B |
| 1990 | $4.53B |
| 1989 | $3.95B |
| 1988 | $3.57B |
| 1987 | $3.31B |
| 1986 | $3.33B |
| 1985 | $3.42B |
| 1984 | $2.91B |
| 1983 | $2.36B |
| 1982 | $2.44B |
| 1981 | $2.31B |
| 1980 | $2.08B |
| 1979 | $1.85B |
| 1978 | $1.87B |
| 1977 | $1.91B |
| 1976 | $1.6B |
| 1975 | $1.33B |
| 1974 | $1.17B |
| 1973 | $1.28B |
| 1972 | $1.32B |
| 1971 | $1.25B |
| 1970 | $1.03B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18% of government spending 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