Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 868 million TIV in United Arab Emirates, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 836 million TIV, or 27 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Bangladesh.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	32 million	868 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.09 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	918 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	756 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	577 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	660 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	750 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	1.17 billion	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	909 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	1.49 billion	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	1.69 billion	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	736 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	2.32 billion	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.22 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	650 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	604 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	730 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	819 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	1.93 billion	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	2.07 billion	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	1.15 billion	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	676 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	223 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	186 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	244 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	441 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	757 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	690 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	481 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	426 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	571 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	582 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	205 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	237 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	561 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	663 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	45 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	195 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	132 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	145 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	310 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	163 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	155 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	420 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	213 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	39 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	230 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	310 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	275 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	145 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	100 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	88 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	28 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	24 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	67 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	12 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	13 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	–	22.1 billion
1966	–	–	22.4 billion
1965	–	–	23.1 billion
1964	–	–	24.2 billion
1963	–	–	18.1 billion
1962	–	–	15.5 billion
1961	–	–	15 billion
1960	–	–	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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