Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports: 56 million TIV in Cambodia in 2023 and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 76 million TIV, or 2.36 times that in Cambodia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Cambodia.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 56 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 38 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 35 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 5 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 68 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 78 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 34 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 4 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 56 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 14 million | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 27 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 3 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 48 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 124 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 10 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 50 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 136 million | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 69 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 67 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 13 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 34 million | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 43 million | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 25 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 114 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 104 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 22 million | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 18 million | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 15 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 20 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 37 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 43 million | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 41 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 11 million | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 5 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCambodia: $2,273 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthCambodia: 5.3% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationCambodia: 2.5% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtCambodia: 25.5% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020