Bangladesh vs Singapore: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 57 million TIV in Singapore, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 25 million TIV, or 1.78 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Singapore 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	Singapore	World
2025	32 million	57 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	378 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	495 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	516 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	226 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	176 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	487 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	562 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	408 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	642 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	66 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	753 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	746 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	879 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	937 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	1.4 billion	24 billion
2008	12 million	1.11 billion	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	396 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	74 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	538 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	374 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	79 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	229 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	246 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	782 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	302 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	798 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	613 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	159 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	302 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	179 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	170 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	115 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	373 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	513 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	231 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	541 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	302 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	84 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	123 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	83 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	242 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	171 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	167 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	371 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	313 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	50 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	171 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	252 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	253 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	282 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	89 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	181 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	171 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	92 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	139 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	8 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	1 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	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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