Israel vs Myanmar (Burma)
Israel vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 537 million TIV in Israel and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 467 million TIV, or 7.67 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, Israel ranked 20 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 | Israel | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 million | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 237 million | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 863 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 833 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 458 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 379 million | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 516 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 491 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 565 million | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 652 million | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 694 million | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 549 million | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 160 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 137 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 86 million | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 76 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 162 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 680 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 840 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 1.13 billion | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 1.1 billion | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 846 million | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 189 million | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 350 million | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 116 million | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 389 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 1.28 billion | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 1.3 billion | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 67 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 105 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 372 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 767 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 716 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 1.34 billion | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 1.21 billion | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 81 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 24 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 582 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 1.08 billion | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 1.18 billion | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 295 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 270 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 475 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 866 million | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 1.66 billion | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 1.25 billion | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 709 million | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.22 billion | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.23 billion | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 2 billion | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.18 billion | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.03 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 2.18 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 963 million | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.41 billion | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 1.19 billion | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 1.37 billion | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 926 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 229 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 460 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 447 million | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 415 million | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 368 million | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 279 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 88 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 164 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
Israel vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020