Bangladesh vs Iran: Arms imports

Arms imports: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh in 2025 and 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 28 million TIV, or 1.67 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Iran	World
2025	32 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	42 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	21 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	–	33 billion
2021	60 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	2 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	3 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	3 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	3 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	413 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	11 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	14 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	39 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	89 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	87 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	92 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	57 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	325 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	418 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	53 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	117 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	283 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	435 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	526 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	417 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	321 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	374 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	172 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	608 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	289 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	451 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	960 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	406 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	990 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	444 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	194 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	469 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	807 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	805 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	639 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	562 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	466 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	499 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	487 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	278 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	526 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	3.72 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	5.48 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	4.65 billion	33 billion
1975	39 million	5.23 billion	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	2.86 billion	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	2.05 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	1.38 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	2.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	899 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	950 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	917 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	553 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	601 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	496 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	139 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	105 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	83 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	75 million	15 billion
1960	–	141 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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