Bangladesh vs United Kingdom: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 609 million TIV in United Kingdom, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 577 million TIV, or 19 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom	World
2025	32 million	609 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	486 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	469 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	859 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	886 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	635 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	402 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	463 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	1 billion	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	288 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	424 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	217 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	509 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	566 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	347 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	461 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	381 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	575 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	817 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	375 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	31 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	212 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	770 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	721 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	1.29 billion	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	937 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	132 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	770 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	513 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	568 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	496 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	421 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	796 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	1.15 billion	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	953 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	130 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	209 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	285 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	207 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	273 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	355 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	682 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	292 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	766 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	812 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	557 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	232 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	191 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	262 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	251 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	337 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	319 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	239 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	222 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	176 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	70 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	2.7 billion	24.7 billion
1968	–	2.35 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.44 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	242 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	166 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	133 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	159 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	38 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	34 million	15 billion
1960	–	26 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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