Bangladesh vs Spain: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 237 million TIV in Spain, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by 205 million TIV, or 7.41 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Spain	World
2025	32 million	237 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	159 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	159 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	198 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	134 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	70 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	35 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	149 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	82 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	104 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	152 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	109 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	155 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	219 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	166 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	272 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	228 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	347 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	343 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	312 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	358 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	288 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	239 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	266 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	140 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	315 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	357 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	82 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	192 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	395 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	355 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	838 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	299 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	207 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	109 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	691 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	835 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	1.95 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	1.08 billion	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	327 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	81 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	614 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	512 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	636 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	689 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	650 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	432 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	312 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	831 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	1.16 billion	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	557 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	895 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	793 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	637 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	234 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	181 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	133 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	303 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	307 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	382 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	51 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	15 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	55 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	103 million	15 billion
1960	–	214 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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