Bangladesh vs Nigeria: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 21 million TIV in Nigeria, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 11 million TIV, or 1.52 times that in Nigeria.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Nigeria	World
2025	32 million	21 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	93 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	93 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	53 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	273 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	84 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	18 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	49 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	42 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	61 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	188 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	236 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	30 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	28 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	63 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	223 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	65 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	33 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	62 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	16 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	–	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	11 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	6 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	9 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	36 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	1 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	15 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	2 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	95 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	41 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	59 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	4 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	18 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	15 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	62 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	115 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	211 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	569 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	359 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	41 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	642 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	331 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	474 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	108 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	142 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	90 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	104 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	424 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	24 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	7 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	113 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	12 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	14 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	39 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	50 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	47 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	159 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	56 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	2 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	9 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	8 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	1 million	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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