Singapore
Military spending per person in Singapore
Military spending per person in Singapore: $429 in 1988 and $2,980 in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $2,980
- Since 1988
- +$2,551
- Rank, 2025
- 3 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars per person · SIPRI
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Singapore |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,980 |
| 2024 | $2,637 |
| 2023 | $2,424 |
| 2022 | $2,167 |
| 2021 | $1,981 |
| 2020 | $1,724 |
| 2019 | $1,839 |
| 2018 | $1,886 |
| 2017 | $1,823 |
| 2016 | $1,776 |
| 2015 | $1,709 |
| 2014 | $1,769 |
| 2013 | $1,748 |
| 2012 | $1,750 |
| 2011 | $1,741 |
| 2010 | $1,612 |
| 2009 | $1,536 |
| 2008 | $1,584 |
| 2007 | $1,453 |
| 2006 | $1,348 |
| 2005 | $1,298 |
| 2004 | $1,220 |
| 2003 | $1,141 |
| 2002 | $1,090 |
| 2001 | $1,056 |
| 2000 | $1,085 |
| 1999 | $1,140 |
| 1998 | $1,157 |
| 1997 | $1,194 |
| 1996 | $1,140 |
| 1995 | $1,058 |
| 1994 | $831 |
| 1993 | $759 |
| 1992 | $733 |
| 1991 | $655 |
| 1990 | $603 |
| 1989 | $488 |
| 1988 | $429 |
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- 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 in US dollars$16.9B 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