Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa
Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 44 million TIV in Congo - Kinshasa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 12 million TIV, or 1.38 times that in Bangladesh.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 million | 44 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 70 million | 40 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 74 million | 27 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 331 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 60 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 70 million | 9 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 713 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 161 million | 1 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 334 million | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 455 million | 43 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 638 million | 3 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 648 million | 1 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 199 million | 15 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 120 million | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 36 million | 156 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 37 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 12 million | 18 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 82 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 221 million | 24 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 10 million | 26 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 32 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 37 million | 18 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 274 million | 11 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 200 million | 89 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 184 million | 46 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 10 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 26 million | 6 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | 61 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 123 million | 0 | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 61 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 49 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 113 million | 2 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 79 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 199 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 302 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 242 million | 1 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | 36 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | 1 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 124 million | 1 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 16 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 109 million | 5 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 128 million | 15 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 72 million | 12 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 55 million | 10 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 15 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | 38 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 28 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 70 million | 134 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 39 million | 445 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 44 million | 9 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 76 million | 5 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | 15 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 10 million | 165 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 19 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 28 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 7 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 16 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 27 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 23 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 64 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 32 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 13 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 9 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 2 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBangladesh: $1,985 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $568 in 2025
- GDP growthBangladesh: 3.5% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.5% a year in 2023
- InflationBangladesh: 10% a year in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 7.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtBangladesh: 42% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 17.2% of GDP in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997