Bangladesh vs Nepal

Bangladesh vs Nepal: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 0.81% of GDP in Bangladesh and 0.97% of GDP in Nepal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nepal, by 0.16 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Bangladesh vs Nepal: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 0.81% of GDP in Bangladesh and 0.97% of GDP in Nepal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Nepal, by 0.16 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in Bangladesh.
BangladeshNepalSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Nepal has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
  • In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 124 and Nepal ranked 113 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBangladeshNepal
20250.810.97
20240.861.03
20230.871.12
202211.15
20211.181.22
20201.261.32
20191.251.24
20181.181.35
20171.131.49
20161.231.47
20151.451.37
20141.361.43
20131.331.34
20121.421.24
20111.461.35
20101.421.37
20091.231.44
20081.121.4
20071.191.35
20061.191.53
20051.161.69
20041.191.57
20031.21.39
20021.251.27
20011.340.96
20001.40.78
19991.420.77
19981.420.76
19971.430.72
19961.380.73
19951.410.77
19941.40.79
19931.280.84
19921.20.86
19911.090.87
19901.110.88
19891.180.9
19881.140.88
19871.061.16
19861.031.18
19850.971.2
19841.091.22
19831.21.25
19820.971.09
19810.840.99
19800.741.03
19790.840.91
19781.270.86
19771.570.89
19761.520.86
19750.840.68
19740.60.61
19730.660.66
1972–0.65
1971–0.62
1970–0.59
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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