India vs Myanmar (Burma)
India vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 2.86 billion TIV in India and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in India, by 2.79 billion TIV, or 41 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, India ranked 2 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 | India | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.86 billion | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 1.6 billion | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 1.54 billion | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 2.7 billion | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 3.96 billion | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 2.67 billion | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 3.2 billion | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 1.98 billion | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 2.68 billion | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 2.65 billion | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 2.73 billion | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 3.28 billion | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 5.3 billion | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 4.51 billion | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 3.63 billion | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 2.9 billion | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 1.96 billion | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 1.64 billion | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 2.3 billion | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.49 billion | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.2 billion | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 2.25 billion | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 2.8 billion | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 1.9 billion | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 1.05 billion | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 988 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.22 billion | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 797 million | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 1.68 billion | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 831 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1.36 billion | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 873 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 737 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.19 billion | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.88 billion | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 2.83 billion | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 3.68 billion | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 3.85 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 3.92 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 4.24 billion | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3 billion | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 2.43 billion | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 2.64 billion | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 2.65 billion | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 2.12 billion | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.77 billion | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.2 billion | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.2 billion | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 2.38 billion | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.94 billion | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.53 billion | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.33 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.51 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 2.09 billion | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 2.02 billion | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 963 million | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 1.37 billion | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 1.13 billion | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 961 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1 billion | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 794 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 695 million | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 402 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 1.15 billion | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 544 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
India vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020