Bangladesh vs Nepal
Bangladesh vs Nepal: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.67B in Bangladesh and $429M in Nepal, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by $3.24B, or 8.54 times that in Nepal.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1973.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 52 and Nepal ranked 104 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Nepal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | $429M |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $436M |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $471M |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $479M |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $478M |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $484M |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $471M |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $486M |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $496M |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $431M |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $406M |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $422M |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $374M |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $341M |
| 2011 | $2.72B | $359M |
| 2010 | $2.57B | $348M |
| 2009 | $2.13B | $331M |
| 2008 | $1.83B | $295M |
| 2007 | $1.85B | $280M |
| 2006 | $1.76B | $291M |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $309M |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $280M |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $234M |
| 2002 | $1.57B | $210M |
| 2001 | $1.62B | $158M |
| 2000 | $1.62B | $122M |
| 1999 | $1.56B | $111M |
| 1998 | $1.5B | $103M |
| 1997 | $1.48B | $101M |
| 1996 | $1.39B | $95.5M |
| 1995 | $1.33B | $96M |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $97.1M |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $97.7M |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $93.7M |
| 1991 | $923M | $90.2M |
| 1990 | $906M | $88M |
| 1989 | $912M | $84.4M |
| 1988 | $833M | $77.5M |
| 1987 | $758M | $75.1M |
| 1986 | $706M | $74M |
| 1985 | $648M | $74.4M |
| 1984 | $704M | $69.4M |
| 1983 | $716M | $62.8M |
| 1982 | $561M | $56.3M |
| 1981 | $486M | $50.5M |
| 1980 | $459M | $49.9M |
| 1979 | $437M | $49.3M |
| 1978 | $460M | $44.3M |
| 1977 | $515M | $43.6M |
| 1976 | $427M | $43.1M |
| 1975 | $242M | $32.6M |
| 1974 | $235M | $27M |
| 1973 | $208M | $27.2M |
| 1972 | – | $26.6M |
| 1971 | – | $26.1M |
| 1970 | – | $22.5M |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Nepal
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Nepal: 70.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Nepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Nepal: 16.1% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Nepal: 3.61% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Nepal: 29.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Nepal: -0.14% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Nepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Nepal: 67% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Nepal: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Nepal: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Nepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Nepal: $14 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Nepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Nepal: 112,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Nepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Nepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Nepal: 6 million TIV in 2025