Bangladesh vs India: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 2.86 billion TIV in India, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.83 billion TIV, or 89 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	India	World
2025	32 million	2.86 billion	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.6 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	1.54 billion	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	2.7 billion	33 billion
2021	60 million	3.96 billion	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	2.67 billion	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	3.2 billion	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	1.98 billion	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	2.68 billion	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	2.65 billion	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	2.73 billion	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	3.28 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	5.3 billion	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	4.51 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	3.63 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	2.9 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.96 billion	24 billion
2008	12 million	1.64 billion	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	2.3 billion	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	1.49 billion	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	1.2 billion	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	2.25 billion	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	2.8 billion	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	1.9 billion	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	1.05 billion	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	988 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.22 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	797 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	1.68 billion	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	831 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	1.36 billion	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	873 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	737 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	1.19 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	1.88 billion	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	2.83 billion	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	3.68 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	3.85 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	3.92 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	4.24 billion	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	3 billion	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	2.43 billion	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	2.64 billion	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	2.65 billion	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	2.12 billion	42 billion
1980	55 million	1.77 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	1.2 billion	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	1.2 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	2.38 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	1.94 billion	33 billion
1975	39 million	1.53 billion	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	1.33 billion	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	1.51 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	2.09 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	2.02 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	963 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	–	1.37 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.13 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	961 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	1 billion	23.1 billion
1964	–	794 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	695 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	402 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	1.15 billion	15 billion
1960	–	544 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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