Bangladesh vs Brazil: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 462 million TIV in Brazil, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 430 million TIV, or 14 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Brazil	World
2025	32 million	462 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	450 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	193 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	469 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	240 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	134 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	125 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	258 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	96 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	111 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	202 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	201 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	217 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	317 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	231 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	256 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	135 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	178 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	188 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	178 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	85 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	110 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	221 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	573 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	86 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	308 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	200 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	476 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	547 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	267 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	311 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	66 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	98 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	161 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	140 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	742 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	125 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	234 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	139 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	82 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	123 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	88 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	72 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	61 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	338 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	375 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	832 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	525 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	551 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	538 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	598 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	520 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	217 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	108 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	236 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	218 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	57 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	149 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	25 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	127 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	62 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	212 million	15 billion
1960	–	236 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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