Bangladesh vs Saudi Arabia: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 3.04 billion TIV in Saudi Arabia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 3.01 billion TIV, or 95 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Saudi Arabia	World
2025	32 million	3.04 billion	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.24 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	1.33 billion	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	3.05 billion	33 billion
2021	60 million	1.75 billion	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	2.24 billion	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	3.03 billion	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	2.94 billion	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	3.85 billion	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	2.91 billion	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	3.47 billion	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	2.72 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	1.69 billion	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	835 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.18 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	1.11 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	828 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	389 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	229 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	207 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	166 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	1.16 billion	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	158 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	559 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	59 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	104 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.58 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	2.89 billion	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	2.79 billion	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	1.73 billion	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	985 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	981 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	2.35 billion	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	1.04 billion	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	2.04 billion	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	1.38 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	784 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	2.01 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	2.84 billion	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	1.31 billion	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	824 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	1.82 billion	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	2.22 billion	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	1.82 billion	42 billion
1980	55 million	1.09 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	767 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	1.01 billion	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.02 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	702 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	372 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	547 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	202 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	130 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	10 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	87 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	416 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	448 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	222 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	227 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	48 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	5 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	22 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	8 million	15 billion
1960	–	6 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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