Bangladesh vs Japan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 1.72 billion TIV in Japan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.68 billion TIV, or 54 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Japan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Japan	World
2025	32 million	1.72 billion	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.04 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	852 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	1.47 billion	33 billion
2021	60 million	1.01 billion	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	929 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	992 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	764 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	446 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	332 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	343 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	316 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	341 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	239 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	300 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	658 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	990 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	990 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	553 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	469 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	375 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	399 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	458 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	442 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	427 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	497 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.26 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	1.49 billion	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	843 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	876 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	1.26 billion	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	1.02 billion	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	2.13 billion	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	2.52 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	2.94 billion	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	2.68 billion	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	2.28 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	2 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	1.94 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	1.89 billion	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	1.97 billion	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	2.05 billion	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	1.69 billion	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	1.44 billion	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	1.31 billion	42 billion
1980	55 million	1.03 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	920 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	901 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	788 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	1.48 billion	33 billion
1975	39 million	1.6 billion	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	733 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	468 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	493 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	605 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	502 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	488 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	557 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	610 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	324 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	–	1.72 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	239 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	263 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	335 million	15 billion
1960	–	790 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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