Bangladesh vs Israel
Bangladesh vs Israel: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 505 million TIV, or 17 times that in Bangladesh.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 million | 537 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 70 million | 237 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 74 million | 863 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 331 million | 833 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 60 million | 458 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 70 million | 379 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 713 million | 516 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 161 million | 491 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 334 million | 565 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 455 million | 652 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 638 million | 694 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 549 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 648 million | 160 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 199 million | 137 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 120 million | 86 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 36 million | 76 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 162 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 12 million | 680 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 82 million | 840 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 221 million | 1.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 10 million | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 32 million | 846 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 189 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 37 million | 350 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 274 million | 116 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 200 million | 389 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 184 million | 1.28 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | 1.3 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 26 million | 67 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | 105 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 123 million | 372 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 61 million | 767 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 49 million | 716 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 113 million | 1.34 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 79 million | 1.21 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 199 million | 81 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 302 million | 24 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 242 million | 582 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | 1.18 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 124 million | 295 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 270 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 109 million | 475 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 128 million | 866 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 72 million | 1.66 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 55 million | 1.25 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 709 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | 1.22 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 1.23 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 70 million | 2 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 39 million | 1.18 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 44 million | 1.03 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 76 million | 2.18 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | 963 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 10 million | 1.41 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 1.19 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 1.37 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 926 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 229 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 460 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 447 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 415 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 368 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 279 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 88 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 164 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025