Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 11 million TIV in Sri Lanka, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 21 million TIV, or 2.91 times that in Sri Lanka.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Sri Lanka.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	World
2025	32 million	11 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	9 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	5 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	3 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	54 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	59 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	100 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	45 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	–	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	–	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	22 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	–	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	21 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	5 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	21 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	79 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	91 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	96 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	63 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	38 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	34 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	43 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	154 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	294 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	62 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	83 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	59 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	196 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	63 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	77 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	37 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	22 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	168 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	19 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	6 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	19 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	111 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	28 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	42 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	48 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	–	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	–	42 billion
1980	55 million	18 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	–	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	7 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	17 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	0	33 billion
1975	39 million	1 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	47 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	33 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	–	22.1 billion
1969	–	2 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	–	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	0	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	4 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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