Bangladesh vs South Korea: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 222 million TIV in South Korea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 190 million TIV, or 6.94 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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South Korea has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	South Korea	World
2025	32 million	222 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.03 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	218 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	423 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	812 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	1.27 billion	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	1.61 billion	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	1.03 billion	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	962 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	1.04 billion	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	268 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	742 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	189 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.08 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.57 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	1.3 billion	25.8 billion
2009	–	798 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	1.69 billion	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	1.73 billion	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	1.66 billion	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	801 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	1.06 billion	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	767 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	519 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	768 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	1.39 billion	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	1.64 billion	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	1.42 billion	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	1.22 billion	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	1.97 billion	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	1.95 billion	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	1.01 billion	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	1.01 billion	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	782 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	908 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	1.2 billion	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	1.84 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	1.24 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	773 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	857 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	760 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	524 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	496 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	673 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	872 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	877 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	1.32 billion	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	399 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	1.2 billion	37 billion
1976	70 million	556 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	661 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	458 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	269 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	413 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	250 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	100 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	586 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	359 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	137 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	578 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	632 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	332 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	214 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	65 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	113 million	15 billion
1960	–	122 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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