Bangladesh vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 745 million TIV in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 713 million TIV, or 23 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 2017, 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 States	World
2025	32 million	745 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	1.05 billion	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	891 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	846 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	922 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	806 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	882 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	379 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	504 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	447 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	482 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	568 million	27 billion
2013	648 million	767 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	1.14 billion	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	937 million	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	969 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	939 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	936 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	842 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	706 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	582 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	596 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	630 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	515 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	508 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	333 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	220 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	262 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	610 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	601 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	809 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	951 million	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	968 million	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	540 million	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	515 million	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	363 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	1.78 billion	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	1.79 billion	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	2 billion	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	424 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	655 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	381 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	463 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	248 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	531 million	42 billion
1980	55 million	380 million	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	253 million	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	369 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	384 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	499 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	388 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	586 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	656 million	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	769 million	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	578 million	29.3 billion
1970	–	38 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	50 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	62 million	22.4 billion
1967	–	88 million	22.1 billion
1966	–	89 million	22.4 billion
1965	–	170 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	358 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	283 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	236 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	198 million	15 billion
1960	–	181 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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