Bangladesh vs China: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 207 million TIV in China, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 175 million TIV, or 6.47 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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China has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	China	World
2025	32 million	207 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	71 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	428 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	646 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	685 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	775 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	1.57 billion	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	2.25 billion	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	1.55 billion	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	1.21 billion	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	1.19 billion	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	1.03 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	1.22 billion	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.54 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.03 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	940 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.38 billion	24 billion
2008	12 million	1.78 billion	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	1.7 billion	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	2.83 billion	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	3.47 billion	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	3.24 billion	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	2.33 billion	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	2.83 billion	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	2.76 billion	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	2.47 billion	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.72 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	375 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	940 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	1.5 billion	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	701 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	304 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	1.23 billion	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	1.18 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	439 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	267 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	163 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	97 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	47 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	11 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	104 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	62 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	16 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	5 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	–	42 billion
1980	55 million	4 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	8 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	83 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	72 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	1 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	1 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	1 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	1 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	1 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	1 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	180 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	144 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	225 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	257 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	485 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	450 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	415 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	952 million	15 billion
1960	–	2.36 billion	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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