Bangladesh vs Indonesia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 1.28 billion TIV in Indonesia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 1.25 billion TIV, or 40 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Indonesia 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	Indonesia	World
2025	32 million	1.28 billion	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	185 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	390 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	366 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	283 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	239 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	357 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	1.17 billion	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	352 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	438 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	1.2 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	833 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	162 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	257 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	221 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	443 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	239 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	578 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	63 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	33 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	77 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	353 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	67 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	22 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	171 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	161 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	85 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	101 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	378 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	284 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	472 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	210 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	51 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	11 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	202 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	249 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	265 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	433 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	291 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	102 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	224 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	356 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	790 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	898 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	370 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	124 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	62 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	156 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	4 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	73 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	73 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	5 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	92 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	27 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	9 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	0	22.4 billion
1967	–	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	17 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	317 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	596 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	206 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	1.03 billion	15.5 billion
1961	–	780 million	15 billion
1960	–	448 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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