Bangladesh vs Tanzania
Bangladesh vs Tanzania: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $22 in Bangladesh and $15 in Tanzania, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by $7, or 1.48 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Tanzania.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $22 | $15 |
| 2024 | $22 | $14 |
| 2023 | $22 | $15 |
| 2022 | $25 | $14 |
| 2021 | $29 | $12 |
| 2020 | $28 | $11 |
| 2019 | $26 | $11 |
| 2018 | $22 | $11 |
| 2017 | $20 | $10 |
| 2016 | $20 | $10 |
| 2015 | $18 | $10 |
| 2014 | $15 | $10 |
| 2013 | $13 | $9 |
| 2012 | $12 | $8 |
| 2011 | $12 | $7 |
| 2010 | $11 | $6 |
| 2009 | $8 | $5 |
| 2008 | $7 | $5 |
| 2007 | $6 | $4 |
| 2006 | $6 | $4 |
| 2005 | $5 | $4 |
| 2004 | $5 | $3 |
| 2003 | $5 | $3 |
| 2002 | $5 | $4 |
| 2001 | $5 | $4 |
| 2000 | $6 | $4 |
| 1999 | $6 | $4 |
| 1998 | $5 | $4 |
| 1997 | $5 | $4 |
| 1996 | $5 | $3 |
| 1995 | $5 | $3 |
| 1994 | $5 | $2 |
| 1993 | $4 | $2 |
| 1992 | $4 | $4 |
| 1991 | $3 | $4 |
| 1990 | $3 | $3 |
| 1989 | $3 | $4 |
| 1988 | $3 | $5 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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
Bangladesh vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025