Bangladesh - Arms imports

Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values)

The latest value for Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) in Bangladesh was 46,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 49 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 754,000,000 in 2019 and 1,000,000 in 1979.

Definition: Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services. Figures are SIPRI Trend Indicator Values (TIVs) expressed in US$ m. at constant (1990) prices. A '0' indicates that the value of deliveries is less than US$0.5m.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Arms Transfers Programme (http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/transfer/splash).

See also:

Year Value
1971 10,000,000
1972 2,000,000
1973 76,000,000
1974 44,000,000
1975 39,000,000
1976 70,000,000
1977 62,000,000
1978 45,000,000
1979 1,000,000
1980 55,000,000
1981 62,000,000
1982 128,000,000
1983 109,000,000
1984 59,000,000
1985 63,000,000
1986 4,000,000
1987 1,000,000
1988 242,000,000
1989 301,000,000
1990 187,000,000
1991 79,000,000
1992 113,000,000
1993 44,000,000
1994 61,000,000
1995 119,000,000
1996 7,000,000
1997 27,000,000
1998 1,000,000
1999 186,000,000
2000 203,000,000
2001 281,000,000
2002 33,000,000
2003 8,000,000
2004 32,000,000
2005 10,000,000
2006 221,000,000
2007 88,000,000
2008 12,000,000
2010 36,000,000
2011 117,000,000
2012 184,000,000
2013 649,000,000
2014 203,000,000
2015 633,000,000
2016 444,000,000
2017 325,000,000
2018 151,000,000
2019 754,000,000
2020 46,000,000

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade