Bangladesh vs Switzerland: Arms imports

Arms imports: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh in 2025 and 33 million TIV in Switzerland in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 41 million TIV, or 2.24 times that in Switzerland.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Switzerland.
The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Switzerland	World
2025	32 million	–	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	33 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	15 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	–	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	–	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	–	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	–	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	70 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	10 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	5 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	–	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	2 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	24 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	38 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	36 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	15 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	108 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	83 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	168 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	203 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	117 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	60 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	15 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	499 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	428 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	375 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	187 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	93 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	114 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	98 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	381 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	469 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	433 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	318 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	179 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	151 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	108 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	341 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	404 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	442 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	175 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	289 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	272 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	226 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	217 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	4 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	142 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	136 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	64 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	123 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	192 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	153 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	142 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	166 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	199 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	177 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	373 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	228 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	263 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	52 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	4 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	37 million	15 billion
1960	–	218 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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