Ethiopia vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 63 million TIV in Ethiopia and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 7 million TIV, or 1.11 times that in Ethiopia.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2025, Ethiopia ranked 53 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	Ethiopia	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	63 million	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	48 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	2 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	45 million	229 million	33 billion
2021	16 million	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	25 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	76 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	14 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	51 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	55 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	10 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	33 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	154 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	193 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	76 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	58 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	–	65 million	24 billion
2008	–	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	–	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	–	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	–	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	239 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	174 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	20 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	–	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	114 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	152 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	208 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	69 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	–	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	–	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	–	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	–	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	–	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	80 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	2 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	47 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	155 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	239 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	348 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	268 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	228 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	403 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	516 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	328 million	–	42 billion
1980	330 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	113 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	965 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	1.13 billion	9 million	37 billion
1976	113 million	10 million	33 billion
1975	58 million	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	36 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	5 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	53 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	54 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	90 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	24 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	34 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	31 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	99 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	14 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	4 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	27 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	21 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	4 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	24 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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