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

Cambodia vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms importsArms 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.
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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

YearCambodiaMyanmar (Burma)World
2025–70 million33.3 billion
2024–222 million30.6 billion
202356 million132 million29.5 billion
202238 million229 million33 billion
202135 million67 million26.8 billion
2020–217 million23.4 billion
20191 million206 million26.9 billion
20185 million203 million27.3 billion
2017–210 million31.2 billion
2016–284 million31.4 billion
2015–258 million28.7 billion
2014–112 million27 billion
201368 million252 million27.4 billion
201278 million398 million27.9 billion
2011–668 million29.9 billion
201034 million62 million25.8 billion
20094 million65 million24 billion
2008–80 million24.1 billion
200756 million153 million26.5 billion
200614 million206 million24.4 billion
2005–179 million21.3 billion
2004–192 million21.3 billion
2003–100 million19.2 billion
2002–156 million17.7 billion
2001–153 million18.3 billion
2000–16 million20.5 billion
1999–141 million25.3 billion
1998–156 million27.9 billion
199722 million231 million28.9 billion
199627 million115 million23.7 billion
19951 million224 million22.9 billion
199474 million97 million22.8 billion
19933 million331 million25.8 billion
1992–31 million24.3 billion
1991–239 million27.8 billion
199048 million278 million28.6 billion
1989124 million34 million31.7 billion
198810 million–32.9 billion
198750 million–36.2 billion
1986136 million9 million35.5 billion
198569 million–33.2 billion
198467 million–36.8 billion
198313 million–39.1 billion
1982–38 million41.4 billion
1981––42 billion
198034 million40 million37.4 billion
1979–19 million33.3 billion
197843 million25 million39.2 billion
1977–9 million37 billion
1976–10 million33 billion
1975–53 million34.2 billion
197425 million–32.9 billion
1973114 million–32.6 billion
1972104 million4 million28.7 billion
197122 million28 million29.3 billion
19708 million4 million22.1 billion
196918 million22 million24.7 billion
196815 million6 million22.4 billion
196720 million14 million22.1 billion
196637 million3 million22.4 billion
196543 million19 million23.1 billion
196441 million18 million24.2 billion
196311 million28 million18.1 billion
19625 million14 million15.5 billion
19612 million17 million15 billion
19601 million6 million15.7 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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