Bangladesh vs Italy: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 566 million TIV in Italy, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 534 million TIV, or 18 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Italy 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	Italy	World
2025	32 million	566 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	494 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	425 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	237 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	211 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	201 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	178 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	275 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	709 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	734 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	237 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	127 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	71 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	189 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	286 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	98 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	94 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	159 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	467 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	384 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	136 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	490 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	617 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	240 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	234 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	278 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	25 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	56 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	474 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	265 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	322 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	180 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	205 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	192 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	210 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	155 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	196 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	183 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	198 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	205 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	273 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	303 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	241 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	129 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	468 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	591 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	682 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	517 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	711 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	1.02 billion	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	1.12 billion	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	1.02 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	1.77 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	1.1 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	685 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	611 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	196 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	107 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	412 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	736 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	1.14 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	1.22 billion	18.1 billion
1962	–	886 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	427 million	15 billion
1960	–	409 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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