Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 706 million TIV in Pakistan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 674 million TIV, or 22 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Pakistan	World
2025	32 million	706 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.07 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	2.2 billion	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	1.53 billion	33 billion
2021	60 million	984 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	624 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	654 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	893 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	870 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	872 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	771 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	877 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	1.11 billion	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.02 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	2.23 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.2 billion	24 billion
2008	12 million	1.07 billion	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	693 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	324 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	427 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	471 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	645 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	566 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	412 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	175 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	867 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	699 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	691 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	506 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	368 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	862 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	992 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	352 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	511 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	635 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	974 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	412 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	617 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	280 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	751 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	863 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	784 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	544 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	491 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	900 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	697 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	655 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	271 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	276 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	223 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	225 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	177 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	664 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	553 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	422 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	542 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	415 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	151 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	592 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	222 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	96 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	225 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	84 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	41 million	15 billion
1960	–	46 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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