Bangladesh vs South Korea
Bangladesh vs South Korea: Arms exports
Arms exports: 2 million TIV in Bangladesh in 1984 and 2.02 billion TIV in South Korea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 1984 the value was higher in South Korea, by 124 million TIV, or 63 times that in Bangladesh.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1984.
- The world as a whole: 41.6 billion TIV in 1984.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.02 billion | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.1 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 675 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 231 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 536 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 829 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 675 million | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.05 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 700 million | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 435 million | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 92 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 218 million | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 350 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 203 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 328 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 177 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 224 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 110 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 278 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 158 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 109 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 74 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 96 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 230 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | – | 36 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 32 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 25 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 24 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 30 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 7 million | 23 billion |
| 1993 | – | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 118 million | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 72 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 48 million | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 54 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | – | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 73 million | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 28 million | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2 million | 126 million | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | – | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 65 million | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 130 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 105 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 105 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | – | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | – | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | – | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | – | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | – | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 141 million | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | – | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | – | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | – | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | – | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | – | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | – | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | – | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | – | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, 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.
- 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 South Korea
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023South Korea: 84.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024South Korea: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023South Korea: 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022South Korea: 99.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017South Korea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017South Korea: 20.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023South Korea: 51.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023South Korea: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023South Korea: 0.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025South Korea: 81.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023South Korea: 44.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023South Korea: 18.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023South Korea: 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025South Korea: 2.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025South Korea: $48.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025South Korea: $924 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025South Korea: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020South Korea: 569,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022South Korea: 2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020South Korea: 2.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025South Korea: 222 million TIV in 2025