Italy vs Myanmar (Burma)
Italy vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 566 million TIV in Italy and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Italy, by 496 million TIV, or 8.09 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
- In 2025, Italy ranked 18 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 | Italy | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 566 million | 70 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 494 million | 222 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 425 million | 132 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 237 million | 229 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 211 million | 67 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 201 million | 217 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 178 million | 206 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 275 million | 203 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 709 million | 210 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 734 million | 284 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 237 million | 258 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 127 million | 112 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 71 million | 252 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 189 million | 398 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 286 million | 668 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 98 million | 62 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 94 million | 65 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 159 million | 80 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 467 million | 153 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 384 million | 206 million | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 136 million | 179 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 490 million | 192 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | 617 million | 100 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | 240 million | 156 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | 234 million | 153 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | 278 million | 16 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | 25 million | 141 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | 56 million | 156 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 474 million | 231 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 265 million | 115 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 322 million | 224 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 180 million | 97 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 205 million | 331 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | 192 million | 31 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 210 million | 239 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 155 million | 278 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 196 million | 34 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 179 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 183 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 198 million | 9 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 205 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 273 million | – | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 303 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 241 million | 38 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 129 million | – | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 468 million | 40 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 591 million | 19 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 682 million | 25 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 517 million | 9 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 711 million | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.02 billion | 53 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.12 billion | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.02 billion | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 1.77 billion | 4 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 1.1 billion | 28 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 685 million | 4 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 611 million | 22 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 196 million | 6 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 107 million | 14 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 412 million | 3 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 736 million | 19 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 1.14 billion | 18 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 1.22 billion | 28 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 886 million | 14 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 427 million | 17 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 409 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
Italy vs Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 57.4% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 463,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020