Bangladesh vs Netherlands: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 824 million TIV in Netherlands, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 792 million TIV, or 26 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Netherlands	World
2025	32 million	824 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	333 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	374 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	725 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	512 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	575 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	494 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	139 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	33 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	69 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	51 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	8 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	488 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	190 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	115 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	171 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	262 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	147 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	221 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	304 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	86 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	130 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	128 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	247 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	164 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	123 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	278 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	269 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	126 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	203 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	84 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	205 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	140 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	237 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	322 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	273 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	705 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	393 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	614 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	792 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	892 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	1.17 billion	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	1.33 billion	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	1.24 billion	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	755 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	645 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	792 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	717 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	606 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	285 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	108 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	40 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	21 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	650 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	698 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	699 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	569 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	288 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	751 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	204 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	815 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	1.01 billion	24.2 billion
1963	–	767 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	294 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	227 million	15 billion
1960	–	255 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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