Bangladesh vs France: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 236 million TIV in France, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 204 million TIV, or 7.38 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

France has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	France	World
2025	32 million	236 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	183 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	114 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	130 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	105 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	225 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	104 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	201 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	84 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	38 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	36 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	17 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	104 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	86 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	41 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	103 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	72 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	2 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	75 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	68 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	2 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	93 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	55 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	38 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	61 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	98 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	105 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	171 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	223 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	64 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	99 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	84 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	102 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	439 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	963 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	77 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	107 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	134 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	84 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	100 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	20 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	73 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	108 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	142 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	106 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	70 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	107 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	231 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	194 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	186 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	45 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	46 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	51 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	33 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	57 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	44 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	64 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	123 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	98 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	106 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	378 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	1.3 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	162 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	122 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	321 million	15 billion
1960	–	526 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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