Bangladesh vs Sweden: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 146 million TIV in Sweden, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Sweden, by 114 million TIV, or 4.56 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Sweden 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	Sweden	World
2025	32 million	146 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	56 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	98 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	318 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	110 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	3 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	7 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	7 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	32 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	24 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	48 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	58 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	202 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	185 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	15 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	52 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	51 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	121 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	78 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	47 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	66 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	74 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	165 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	196 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	224 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	294 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	196 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	98 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	106 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	307 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	46 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	60 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	55 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	94 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	127 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	152 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	125 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	118 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	84 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	108 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	106 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	153 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	495 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	291 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	233 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	229 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	114 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	214 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	292 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	256 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	231 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	196 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	160 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	137 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	172 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	189 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	318 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	299 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	324 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	400 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	335 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	177 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	165 million	15 billion
1960	–	227 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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