Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 83 million TIV in Canada and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by 13 million TIV, or 1.19 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, Canada ranked 49 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 | Canada | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 million | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 198 million | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 73 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 214 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 357 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 248 million | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 187 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 185 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 354 million | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 246 million | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 408 million | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 316 million | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 202 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 207 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 356 million | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 242 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 104 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 423 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 478 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 97 million | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 106 million | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 341 million | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 140 million | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 418 million | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 520 million | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 529 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 143 million | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 111 million | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 353 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 419 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 405 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 473 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 196 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 407 million | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 767 million | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 157 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 37 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 712 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 787 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 849 million | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 848 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 654 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 649 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 277 million | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 453 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 442 million | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 193 million | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 130 million | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 90 million | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 53 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 195 million | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 229 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 78 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 376 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 457 million | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 623 million | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 516 million | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 336 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 237 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 306 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 563 million | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 742 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.01 billion | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.22 billion | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.58 billion | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 171 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
Canada vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020