Bangladesh vs China

Bangladesh vs China: Arms exports

Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Bangladesh in 1984 and 880 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in China, by 1.93 billion TIV, or 970 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Bangladesh vs China: Arms exportsArms exports: 2 million TIV in Bangladesh in 1984 and 880 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in China, by 1.93 billion TIV, or 970 times that in Bangladesh.
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What the numbers say

  • China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1984.
  • The world as a whole: 41.6 billion TIV in 1984.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearBangladeshChinaWorld
2025–880 million33.5 billion
2024–1.29 billion30.7 billion
2023–2.75 billion29.5 billion
2022–2.32 billion33.3 billion
2021–1.34 billion27.1 billion
2020–645 million24.1 billion
2019–1.6 billion27 billion
2018–1.39 billion27.4 billion
2017–1.64 billion31.3 billion
2016–2.48 billion31.5 billion
2015–1.84 billion28.7 billion
2014–1.35 billion27.1 billion
2013–2.1 billion27.4 billion
2012–1.5 billion27.9 billion
2011–1.31 billion29.9 billion
2010–1.53 billion25.8 billion
2009–1.14 billion24.4 billion
2008–598 million24.1 billion
2007–520 million26.5 billion
2006–769 million24.5 billion
2005–341 million21.4 billion
2004–408 million21.3 billion
2003–701 million19.2 billion
2002–524 million17.7 billion
2001–510 million18.5 billion
2000–309 million20.5 billion
1999–334 million25.4 billion
1998–349 million27.9 billion
1997–427 million28.9 billion
1996–764 million23.7 billion
1995–981 million22.9 billion
1994–1.06 billion23 billion
1993–1.44 billion25.8 billion
1992–672 million24.3 billion
1991–1.32 billion28.2 billion
1990–955 million30.2 billion
1989–1.06 billion34.9 billion
1988–1.43 billion36.8 billion
1987–2.6 billion39.4 billion
1986–1.86 billion39 billion
1985–1.29 billion38.2 billion
19842 million1.94 billion41.6 billion
1983–1.76 billion43.9 billion
1982–1.56 billion46.2 billion
1981–707 million45.8 billion
1980–943 million42.2 billion
1979–553 million38.4 billion
1978–611 million42.4 billion
1977–224 million40 billion
1976–580 million36 billion
1975–661 million37.2 billion
1974–508 million36.6 billion
1973–658 million36.3 billion
1972–1.25 billion34.5 billion
1971–1.31 billion32.9 billion
1970–905 million25.3 billion
1969–669 million28.1 billion
1968–746 million26.1 billion
1967–426 million25.6 billion
1966–628 million25.8 billion
1965–387 million25.8 billion
1964–75 million26.7 billion
1963–12 million20.3 billion
1962–47 million17.5 billion
1961–35 million16.4 billion
1960–285 million17.6 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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