Singapore

East Asia & Pacific · Singapore

Rank #26 of 173

65.8Strength score

Photos

**Malay sergeant of the Singapore Army - 20120418**Erfi Anugrah. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Republic of Singapore Navy MV Avatar during Exercise Pacific Griffin 2021 6727511Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Deanna Gonzales · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**British Aircraft Corporation BAC 167 Strikemaster, Singapore - Air Force JP7271876**Aldo Bidini · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance86
Air power58
Manpower81
Land forces72
Naval power67
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $17.4B #23
Budget as % of GDP: 3.05% #36
Spending per person: $2,854 #4
GDP: $603.9B #27
Population: 6,111,175 #112

Manpower

Active personnel: 51,000 #69
Reserve personnel: 252,500 #16
Paramilitary: 7,400 #38
Total personnel: 310,900 #31

Land forces

Tanks: 170 #36
Armoured vehicles: 2,875 #6
Self-propelled artillery: 48 #36
Towed artillery: 77 #39
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 24 #34

Air power

Total aircraft: 231 #37
Fighter jets: 100 #24
Attack aircraft & bombers: 0
Transport aircraft: 24 #35
Helicopters: 71 #40
Attack helicopters: 19 #18

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 43 #33
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 4 #4
Submarines: 4 #27
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 6 #27
Corvettes: 6 #20
Patrol vessels: 23 #30

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

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Weapons Singapore uses (1)

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Leopard 2Main battle tanks

Others in the region

3China93.9 VS
6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
11Japan73.7 VS
17Viet Nam69.4 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗