Brazil vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 462 million TIV in Brazil and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Brazil, by 392 million TIV, or 6.6 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

BrazilMyanmar (Burma)World

What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Brazil ranked 23 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 51 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Brazil	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	462 million	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	450 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	193 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	469 million	229 million	33 billion
2021	240 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	134 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	125 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	258 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	96 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	111 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	202 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	201 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	217 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	317 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	231 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	256 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	135 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	178 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	188 million	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	178 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	223 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	85 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	110 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	221 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	573 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	86 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	308 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	200 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	476 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	547 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	267 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	311 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	66 million	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	98 million	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	161 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	140 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	742 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	125 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	234 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	139 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	82 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	123 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	88 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	72 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	61 million	–	42 billion
1980	338 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	375 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	832 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	525 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	551 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	538 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	256 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	598 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	520 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	171 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	217 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	108 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	236 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	218 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	57 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	149 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	25 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	127 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	62 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	212 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	236 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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Deaths in conflictsBrazil: 1,480 deaths in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022