Bangladesh vs United States
Bangladesh vs United States: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $3.67B in Bangladesh and $929B in United States, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by $926B, or 250 times that in Bangladesh.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1973.
- In 2025, Bangladesh ranked 52 and United States ranked 1 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bangladesh | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.67B | $929B |
| 2024 | $3.75B | $1.01T |
| 2023 | $3.75B | $943B |
| 2022 | $4.13B | $923B |
| 2021 | $4.67B | $933B |
| 2020 | $4.71B | $943B |
| 2019 | $4.63B | $901B |
| 2018 | $4.06B | $853B |
| 2017 | $3.68B | $828B |
| 2016 | $3.78B | $836B |
| 2015 | $3.44B | $839B |
| 2014 | $3.05B | $858B |
| 2013 | $2.85B | $915B |
| 2012 | $2.86B | $991B |
| 2011 | $2.72B | $1.05T |
| 2010 | $2.57B | $1.06T |
| 2009 | $2.13B | $1.03T |
| 2008 | $1.83B | $957B |
| 2007 | $1.85B | $892B |
| 2006 | $1.76B | $869B |
| 2005 | $1.63B | $857B |
| 2004 | $1.61B | $819B |
| 2003 | $1.58B | $751B |
| 2002 | $1.57B | $660B |
| 2001 | $1.62B | $588B |
| 2000 | $1.62B | $583B |
| 1999 | $1.56B | $561B |
| 1998 | $1.5B | $560B |
| 1997 | $1.48B | $573B |
| 1996 | $1.39B | $576B |
| 1995 | $1.33B | $609B |
| 1994 | $1.29B | $652B |
| 1993 | $1.15B | $688B |
| 1992 | $1.06B | $727B |
| 1991 | $923M | $690B |
| 1990 | $906M | $781B |
| 1989 | $912M | $815B |
| 1988 | $833M | $821B |
| 1987 | $758M | $839B |
| 1986 | $706M | $846B |
| 1985 | $648M | $793B |
| 1984 | $704M | $740B |
| 1983 | $716M | $704B |
| 1982 | $561M | $721B |
| 1981 | $486M | $609B |
| 1980 | $459M | $547B |
| 1979 | $437M | $548B |
| 1978 | $460M | $545B |
| 1977 | $515M | $542B |
| 1976 | $427M | $522B |
| 1975 | $242M | $537B |
| 1974 | $235M | $568B |
| 1973 | $208M | $575B |
| 1972 | – | $605B |
| 1971 | – | $606B |
| 1970 | – | $674B |
| 1969 | – | $727B |
| 1968 | – | $761B |
| 1967 | – | $737B |
| 1966 | – | $642B |
| 1965 | – | $543B |
| 1964 | – | $540B |
| 1963 | – | $559B |
| 1962 | – | $567B |
| 1961 | – | $523B |
| 1960 | – | $502B |
| 1959 | – | $515B |
| 1958 | – | $511B |
| 1957 | – | $514B |
| 1956 | – | $500B |
| 1955 | – | $493B |
| 1954 | – | $521B |
| 1953 | – | $604B |
| 1952 | – | $587B |
| 1951 | – | $416B |
| 1950 | – | $195B |
| 1949 | – | $181B |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs United States
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025