Germany vs Myanmar (Burma)
Germany vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 1.63 billion TIV in Germany and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 1.56 billion TIV, or 23 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, Germany ranked 6 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 | Germany | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.63 billion | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 240 million | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 203 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 269 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 235 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 105 million | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 38 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 14 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 43 million | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 55 million | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 119 million | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 77 million | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 103 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 140 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 79 million | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 301 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 329 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 277 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 46 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 413 million | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 206 million | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 245 million | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 70 million | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 71 million | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 133 million | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 113 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 129 million | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 618 million | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 60 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 244 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 222 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 417 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 529 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 716 million | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 750 million | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 757 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 701 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 447 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 340 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 322 million | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 130 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 412 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 434 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 453 million | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 261 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 150 million | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 65 million | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 661 million | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.01 billion | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.36 billion | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.83 billion | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 2.14 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.72 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 796 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2.24 billion | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.26 billion | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.23 billion | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.25 billion | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1.39 billion | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 3.39 billion | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 3.52 billion | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 3.83 billion | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 3.31 billion | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 2.5 billion | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2.09 billion | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 2.04 billion | 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
Germany vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020