Bangladesh vs Sudan: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 57 million TIV in Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sudan, by 25 million TIV, or 1.78 times that in Bangladesh.
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Latest figures
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 32 million 2025 | 638 million | 61 of 110 |
| Sudan | 57 million 2025 | 136 million | 54 of 110 |
| World | 33.3 billion 2025 | 28.7 billion |
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 million | 57 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 70 million | 50 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 74 million | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 331 million | 3 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 60 million | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 70 million | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 713 million | 20 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 161 million | 35 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 334 million | 66 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 455 million | 110 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 638 million | 136 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 207 million | 70 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 648 million | 155 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 199 million | 119 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 120 million | 191 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 36 million | 196 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 100 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 12 million | 120 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 82 million | 58 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 221 million | 112 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 10 million | 113 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 32 million | 294 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 8 million | 205 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 37 million | 50 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 274 million | 106 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 200 million | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 184 million | 36 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 26 million | 63 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 7 million | 27 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 123 million | 3 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 61 million | – | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 49 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 113 million | 6 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 79 million | 46 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 199 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 302 million | 16 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 242 million | 77 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1 million | 122 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 4 million | 10 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 124 million | 66 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 9 million | 106 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 109 million | 25 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 128 million | 90 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 72 million | 203 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 55 million | 3 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1 million | 46 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 45 million | 208 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 62 million | 29 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 70 million | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 39 million | 5 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 44 million | 3 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 76 million | 23 million | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 2 million | 69 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 10 million | 87 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | – | 598 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | – | 177 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | – | 13 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | – | 6 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | – | 10 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | – | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | – | 36 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | – | 17 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | – | 34 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | – | 6 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time