Bangladesh vs South Africa: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 30 million TIV in South Africa, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2 million TIV, or 1.07 times that in South Africa.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2012, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	South Africa	World
2025	32 million	30 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	30 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	30 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	2 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	50 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	1 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	127 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	208 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	178 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	134 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	493 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	910 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	741 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	262 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	18 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	6 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	21 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	11 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	38 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	38 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	239 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	238 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	361 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	26 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	10 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	11 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	17 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	20 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	191 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	25 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	100 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	192 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	44 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	122 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	192 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	125 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	389 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	500 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	419 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	235 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	177 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	369 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	291 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	309 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	511 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	211 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	217 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	299 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	496 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	386 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	302 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	520 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	232 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	13 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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