Bangladesh vs France
Bangladesh vs France: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Bangladesh in 1984 and 3.37 billion TIV in France in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in France, by 2.93 billion TIV, or 1,500 times that in Bangladesh.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France 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
| Year | Bangladesh | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 3.37 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 2.47 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 2.18 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 3.16 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 3.9 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 2.29 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 3.75 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 2.34 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.19 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 2.23 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.76 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 1.87 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.34 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 2.08 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 888 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.85 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 1.87 billion | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 2.15 billion | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 1.48 billion | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 1.65 billion | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 2.12 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 1.35 billion | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 1.38 billion | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 1.31 billion | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 966 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.68 billion | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 3.1 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 3.18 billion | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 1.84 billion | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 969 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 858 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 971 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.25 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.17 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 1.8 billion | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 2.27 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.96 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 1.75 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 2.96 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 3.99 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2 million | 2.93 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 3.41 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 3.79 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 3.68 billion | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 3.85 billion | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 2.97 billion | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 3.32 billion | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 2.74 billion | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 2.04 billion | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 2.32 billion | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 2.18 billion | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 2.97 billion | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 2.69 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 2.36 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.74 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.52 billion | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 1.5 billion | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 1.6 billion | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 1.9 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 1.33 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 1.57 billion | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 1.33 billion | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 912 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 856 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 866 million | 17.6 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs France
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020France: 304,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025