Bangladesh vs Poland: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 2.17 billion TIV in Poland, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 2.14 billion TIV, or 68 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Poland 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	Poland	World
2025	32 million	2.17 billion	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.54 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	1.39 billion	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	414 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	68 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	153 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	213 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	50 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	126 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	45 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	127 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	275 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	146 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	227 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	141 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	174 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	193 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	633 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	969 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	442 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	105 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	223 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	347 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	253 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	31 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	146 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	23 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	101 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	250 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	74 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	4 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	100 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	76 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	226 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	501 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	903 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	1.04 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	1.39 billion	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	925 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	466 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	536 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	709 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	804 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	1.12 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	1.19 billion	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	1.19 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	1.1 billion	33 billion
1975	39 million	887 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	1.06 billion	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	1.11 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	958 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	1.01 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	859 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	992 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	927 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	781 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	1 billion	22.4 billion
1965	–	1.16 billion	23.1 billion
1964	–	1.57 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	1.02 billion	18.1 billion
1962	–	685 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	864 million	15 billion
1960	–	889 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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