China vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 207 million TIV in China and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in China, by 137 million TIV, or 2.96 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

China has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, China ranked 36 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	China	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	207 million	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	71 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	428 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	646 million	229 million	33 billion
2021	685 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	775 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	1.57 billion	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	2.25 billion	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	1.55 billion	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	1.21 billion	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	1.19 billion	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	1.03 billion	112 million	27 billion
2013	1.22 billion	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	1.54 billion	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	1.03 billion	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	940 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	1.38 billion	65 million	24 billion
2008	1.78 billion	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	1.7 billion	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	2.83 billion	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	3.47 billion	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	3.24 billion	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	2.33 billion	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	2.83 billion	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	2.76 billion	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	2.47 billion	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.72 billion	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	375 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	940 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	1.5 billion	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	701 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	304 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	1.23 billion	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	1.18 billion	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	439 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	267 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	163 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	97 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	47 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	11 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	104 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	62 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	16 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	5 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	–	–	42 billion
1980	4 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	8 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	83 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	72 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	1 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	1 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	1 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	1 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	1 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	1 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	1 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	–	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	180 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	144 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	225 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	257 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	485 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	450 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	415 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	952 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	2.36 billion	6 million	15.7 billion

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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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