Japan vs Myanmar (Burma): Arms imports

Arms imports in 2025: 1.72 billion TIV in Japan and 70 million TIV in Myanmar (Burma), by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Japan, by 1.65 billion TIV, or 25 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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What the numbers say

Japan has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Japan ranked 5 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	Japan	Myanmar (Burma)	World
2025	1.72 billion	70 million	33.3 billion
2024	1.04 billion	222 million	30.6 billion
2023	852 million	132 million	29.5 billion
2022	1.47 billion	229 million	33 billion
2021	1.01 billion	67 million	26.8 billion
2020	929 million	217 million	23.4 billion
2019	992 million	206 million	26.9 billion
2018	764 million	203 million	27.3 billion
2017	446 million	210 million	31.2 billion
2016	332 million	284 million	31.4 billion
2015	343 million	258 million	28.7 billion
2014	316 million	112 million	27 billion
2013	341 million	252 million	27.4 billion
2012	239 million	398 million	27.9 billion
2011	300 million	668 million	29.9 billion
2010	658 million	62 million	25.8 billion
2009	990 million	65 million	24 billion
2008	990 million	80 million	24.1 billion
2007	553 million	153 million	26.5 billion
2006	469 million	206 million	24.4 billion
2005	375 million	179 million	21.3 billion
2004	399 million	192 million	21.3 billion
2003	458 million	100 million	19.2 billion
2002	442 million	156 million	17.7 billion
2001	427 million	153 million	18.3 billion
2000	497 million	16 million	20.5 billion
1999	1.26 billion	141 million	25.3 billion
1998	1.49 billion	156 million	27.9 billion
1997	843 million	231 million	28.9 billion
1996	876 million	115 million	23.7 billion
1995	1.26 billion	224 million	22.9 billion
1994	1.02 billion	97 million	22.8 billion
1993	2.13 billion	331 million	25.8 billion
1992	2.52 billion	31 million	24.3 billion
1991	2.94 billion	239 million	27.8 billion
1990	2.68 billion	278 million	28.6 billion
1989	2.28 billion	34 million	31.7 billion
1988	2 billion	–	32.9 billion
1987	1.94 billion	–	36.2 billion
1986	1.89 billion	9 million	35.5 billion
1985	1.97 billion	–	33.2 billion
1984	2.05 billion	–	36.8 billion
1983	1.69 billion	–	39.1 billion
1982	1.44 billion	38 million	41.4 billion
1981	1.31 billion	–	42 billion
1980	1.03 billion	40 million	37.4 billion
1979	920 million	19 million	33.3 billion
1978	901 million	25 million	39.2 billion
1977	788 million	9 million	37 billion
1976	1.48 billion	10 million	33 billion
1975	1.6 billion	53 million	34.2 billion
1974	733 million	–	32.9 billion
1973	468 million	–	32.6 billion
1972	493 million	4 million	28.7 billion
1971	605 million	28 million	29.3 billion
1970	502 million	4 million	22.1 billion
1969	488 million	22 million	24.7 billion
1968	557 million	6 million	22.4 billion
1967	610 million	14 million	22.1 billion
1966	324 million	3 million	22.4 billion
1965	1.16 billion	19 million	23.1 billion
1964	1.72 billion	18 million	24.2 billion
1963	239 million	28 million	18.1 billion
1962	263 million	14 million	15.5 billion
1961	335 million	17 million	15 billion
1960	790 million	6 million	15.7 billion

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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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