Iran vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma) in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 180 million TIV, or 5.29 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Myanmar (Burma) has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	–	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	229 million	33 billion
2021	–	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	–	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	–	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	–	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	–	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	–	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	–	42 billion
1980	278 million	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	9 million	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	10 million	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	–	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	–	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	141 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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