Argentina vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 108 million TIV in Argentina and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 38 million TIV, or 1.54 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Argentina has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Argentina	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	108 million	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	45 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	22 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	50 million	229 million	33 billion
2021	77 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	7 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	51 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	19 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	47 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	17 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	18 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	6 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	13 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	5 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	16 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	11 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	15 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	21 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	24 million	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	9 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	3 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	161 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	11 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	15 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	6 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	208 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	276 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	171 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	105 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	21 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	43 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	209 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	27 million	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	–	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	159 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	6 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	71 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	217 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	219 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	485 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	724 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	1.31 billion	–	39.1 billion
1982	406 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	833 million	–	42 billion
1980	445 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	451 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	434 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	204 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	499 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	268 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	450 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	248 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	402 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	363 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	257 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	230 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	430 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	143 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	93 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	7 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	19 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	29 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	47 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	205 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	111 million	6 million	15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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