Bangladesh vs Belgium: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 430 million TIV in Belgium, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Belgium, by 398 million TIV, or 13 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Belgium has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Belgium	World
2025	32 million	430 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	508 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	12 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	170 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	255 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	90 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	9 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	1 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	7 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	4 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	52 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	99 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	48 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	33 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	27 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	40 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	87 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	191 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	171 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	15 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	3 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	15 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	21 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	48 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	30 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	58 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	55 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	50 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	3 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	16 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	47 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	73 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	48 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	125 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	314 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	203 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	407 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	91 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	91 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	287 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	575 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	580 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	433 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	515 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	565 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	779 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	409 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	187 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	184 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	130 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	113 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	562 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	492 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	499 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	514 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	240 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	220 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	39 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	116 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	521 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	652 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	575 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	188 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	132 million	15 billion
1960	–	92 million	15.7 billion

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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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