Bangladesh vs Vietnam: Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 32 million TIV in Bangladesh and 177 million TIV in Vietnam, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Vietnam, by 145 million TIV, or 5.53 times that in Bangladesh.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BangladeshVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

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

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Bangladesh	Vietnam	World
2025	32 million	177 million	33.3 billion
2024	70 million	58 million	30.6 billion
2023	74 million	45 million	29.5 billion
2022	331 million	86 million	33 billion
2021	60 million	235 million	26.8 billion
2020	70 million	38 million	23.4 billion
2019	713 million	166 million	26.9 billion
2018	161 million	604 million	27.3 billion
2017	334 million	783 million	31.2 billion
2016	455 million	924 million	31.4 billion
2015	638 million	869 million	28.7 billion
2014	207 million	1.23 billion	27 billion
2013	648 million	360 million	27.4 billion
2012	199 million	782 million	27.9 billion
2011	120 million	1.02 billion	29.9 billion
2010	36 million	161 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	61 million	24 billion
2008	12 million	186 million	24.1 billion
2007	82 million	8 million	26.5 billion
2006	221 million	42 million	24.4 billion
2005	10 million	221 million	21.3 billion
2004	32 million	299 million	21.3 billion
2003	8 million	22 million	19.2 billion
2002	37 million	58 million	17.7 billion
2001	274 million	97 million	18.3 billion
2000	200 million	11 million	20.5 billion
1999	184 million	168 million	25.3 billion
1998	1 million	209 million	27.9 billion
1997	26 million	111 million	28.9 billion
1996	7 million	214 million	23.7 billion
1995	123 million	273 million	22.9 billion
1994	61 million	–	22.8 billion
1993	49 million	–	25.8 billion
1992	113 million	–	24.3 billion
1991	79 million	–	27.8 billion
1990	199 million	116 million	28.6 billion
1989	302 million	128 million	31.7 billion
1988	242 million	65 million	32.9 billion
1987	1 million	50 million	36.2 billion
1986	4 million	78 million	35.5 billion
1985	124 million	28 million	33.2 billion
1984	9 million	557 million	36.8 billion
1983	109 million	916 million	39.1 billion
1982	128 million	532 million	41.4 billion
1981	72 million	1.07 billion	42 billion
1980	55 million	1.02 billion	37.4 billion
1979	1 million	1.25 billion	33.3 billion
1978	45 million	227 million	39.2 billion
1977	62 million	42 million	37 billion
1976	70 million	42 million	33 billion
1975	39 million	493 million	34.2 billion
1974	44 million	859 million	32.9 billion
1973	76 million	1.28 billion	32.6 billion
1972	2 million	1.32 billion	28.7 billion
1971	10 million	1.2 billion	29.3 billion
1970	–	1.21 billion	22.1 billion
1969	–	909 million	24.7 billion
1968	–	1.18 billion	22.4 billion
1967	–	1.1 billion	22.1 billion
1966	–	1.14 billion	22.4 billion
1965	–	651 million	23.1 billion
1964	–	266 million	24.2 billion
1963	–	107 million	18.1 billion
1962	–	47 million	15.5 billion
1961	–	95 million	15 billion
1960	–	103 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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