Bangladesh vs Thailand: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 33 million TIV in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Thailand, by 1 million TIV, or 1.03 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Thailand	World
2025	32 million	33 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	73 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	290 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	271 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	151 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	141 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	293 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	636 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	317 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	346 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	184 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	107 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	383 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	278 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	252 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	60 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	63 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	16 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	99 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	115 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	138 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	131 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	152 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	109 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	77 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	160 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	62 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	910 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	741 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	530 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	608 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	182 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	429 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	575 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	235 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	284 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	623 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	539 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	162 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	185 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	360 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	247 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	81 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	350 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	318 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	326 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	192 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	111 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	154 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	90 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	114 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	321 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	147 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	243 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	258 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	121 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	88 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	140 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	58 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	87 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	84 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	111 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	113 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	52 million	15 billion
1960	–	28 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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