France vs Myanmar (Burma)
France vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 236 million TIV in France and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in France, by 166 million TIV, or 3.37 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- France has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, France ranked 34 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 | France | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 236 million | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 183 million | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 114 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 130 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 105 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 225 million | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 104 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 201 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 84 million | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 38 million | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 36 million | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 17 million | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 104 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 86 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 41 million | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 103 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 72 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 2 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 75 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 68 million | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 2 million | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 93 million | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 55 million | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 38 million | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 61 million | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 98 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 105 million | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 171 million | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 223 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 64 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 99 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 84 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 102 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 439 million | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 963 million | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 77 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 107 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 134 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 84 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 100 million | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 20 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 73 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 108 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 142 million | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 106 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 70 million | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 107 million | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 231 million | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 194 million | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 186 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 45 million | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 46 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 51 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 33 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 57 million | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 44 million | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 64 million | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 123 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 98 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 106 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 378 million | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.3 billion | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 162 million | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 122 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 321 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 526 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
France vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterFrance: 99.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020