Bangladesh vs Brazil
Bangladesh vs Brazil: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $22 in Bangladesh and $113 in Brazil, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by $91, or 5.14 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1988.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 118 and Brazil ranked 74 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $22 | $113 |
| 2024 | $22 | $99 |
| 2023 | $22 | $103 |
| 2022 | $25 | $98 |
| 2021 | $29 | $92 |
| 2020 | $28 | $94 |
| 2019 | $26 | $125 |
| 2018 | $22 | $137 |
| 2017 | $20 | $144 |
| 2016 | $20 | $120 |
| 2015 | $18 | $123 |
| 2014 | $15 | $164 |
| 2013 | $13 | $166 |
| 2012 | $12 | $173 |
| 2011 | $12 | $190 |
| 2010 | $11 | $176 |
| 2009 | $8 | $134 |
| 2008 | $7 | $129 |
| 2007 | $6 | $109 |
| 2006 | $6 | $88 |
| 2005 | $5 | $74 |
| 2004 | $5 | $54 |
| 2003 | $5 | $47 |
| 2002 | $5 | $54 |
| 2001 | $5 | $62 |
| 2000 | $6 | $66 |
| 1999 | $6 | $58 |
| 1998 | $5 | $86 |
| 1997 | $5 | $84 |
| 1996 | $5 | $86 |
| 1995 | $5 | $89 |
| 1994 | $5 | $67 |
| 1993 | $4 | $46 |
| 1992 | $4 | $33 |
| 1991 | $3 | $45 |
| 1990 | $3 | $62 |
| 1989 | $3 | $60 |
| 1988 | $3 | $41 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
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.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Brazil
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Brazil: 75.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Brazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Brazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Brazil: 87.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Brazil: 3.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Brazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Brazil: 211 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Brazil: 0.41% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Brazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Brazil: 88.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Brazil: 33.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Brazil: 10.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Brazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Brazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Brazil: $23.6B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Brazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Brazil: 762,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Brazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Brazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Brazil: 462 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Brazil: 153 million TIV in 2025