Bangladesh vs Russia
Bangladesh vs Russia: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 129 million TIV in Russia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Russia, by 97 million TIV, or 4.03 times that in Bangladesh.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 million | 129 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 70 million | 315 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 74 million | 95 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 331 million | 39 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 60 million | 6 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 70 million | 1 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 713 million | 5 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 161 million | 62 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 334 million | 94 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 455 million | 127 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 638 million | 113 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 207 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 648 million | 185 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 199 million | 121 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 120 million | 10 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 36 million | 25 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 8 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 12 million | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 82 million | 90 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 221 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 10 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 32 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 37 million | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 274 million | 2 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 200 million | 1.15 billion | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 184 million | 368 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 26 million | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | – | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 123 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 61 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 49 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 113 million | 40 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 79 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 199 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 302 million | – | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 242 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | – | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 124 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 109 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 128 million | – | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 72 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 55 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | – | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | – | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 70 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 39 million | – | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 44 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 76 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 10 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025