Bangladesh vs Mexico: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 9 million TIV in Mexico, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 23 million TIV, or 3.56 times that in Mexico.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Mexico.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Mexico	World
2025	32 million	9 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	46 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	4 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	–	33 billion
2021	60 million	3 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	277 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	16 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	215 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	328 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	324 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	89 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	52 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	260 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	225 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	109 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	59 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	23 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	–	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	78 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	40 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	321 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	20 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	97 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	149 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	215 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	136 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	19 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	495 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	92 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	55 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	136 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	160 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	19 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	40 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	32 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	63 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	103 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	154 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	137 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	8 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	116 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	343 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	115 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	75 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	68 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	74 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	39 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	69 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	104 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	61 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	158 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	15 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	48 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	82 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	15 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	12 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	38 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	60 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	109 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	30 million	15 billion
1960	–	20 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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