Bangladesh vs Canada: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 83 million TIV in Canada, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 51 million TIV, or 2.59 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Canada 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	Canada	World
2025	32 million	83 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	198 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	73 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	214 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	357 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	248 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	187 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	185 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	354 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	246 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	408 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	202 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	207 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	356 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	242 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	104 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	423 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	478 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	97 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	106 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	341 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	140 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	418 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	520 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	529 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	143 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	111 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	353 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	419 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	405 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	473 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	196 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	407 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	767 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	157 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	37 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	712 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	787 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	849 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	848 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	654 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	649 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	277 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	453 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	442 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	193 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	130 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	53 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	195 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	229 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	78 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	376 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	457 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	623 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	516 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	336 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	237 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	306 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	563 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	742 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	1.01 billion	18.1 billion
1962	–	1.22 billion	15.5 billion
1961	–	1.58 billion	15 billion
1960	–	171 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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