Bangladesh vs Ethiopia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 63 million TIV in Ethiopia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 31 million TIV, or 1.97 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia	World
2025	32 million	63 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	48 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	2 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	45 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	16 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	25 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	76 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	14 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	51 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	55 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	33 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	154 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	193 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	76 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	58 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	–	24 billion
2008	12 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	–	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	239 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	174 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	20 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	114 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	152 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	208 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	69 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	–	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	80 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	2 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	47 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	155 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	239 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	348 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	268 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	228 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	403 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	516 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	328 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	330 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	113 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	965 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.13 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	113 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	58 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	36 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	5 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	53 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	54 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	90 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	24 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	34 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	31 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	99 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	14 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	27 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	21 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	4 million	15 billion
1960	–	24 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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