Bangladesh vs Tanzania: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 4 million TIV in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 28 million TIV, or 8 times that in Tanzania.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2006.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Tanzania	World
2025	32 million	4 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	–	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	–	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	–	33 billion
2021	60 million	53 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	9 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	–	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	17 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	2 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	20 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	20 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	14 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	130 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	115 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	78 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	–	25.8 billion
2009	–	29 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	–	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	1 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	12 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	10 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	–	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	51 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	1 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	–	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	2 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	–	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	–	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	–	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	4 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	–	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	5 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	18 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	–	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	5 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	1 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	9 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	121 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	53 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	260 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	67 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	47 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	–	33 billion
1975	39 million	48 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	185 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	121 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	51 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	60 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	11 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	–	24.7 billion
1968	–	–	22.4 billion
1967	–	1 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	22 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	4 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	4 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	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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